UK in Focus - page 10

Regional Case Study
South East
Studios] and the exterior we chose in New York.”
Additionally, Royal Oak skate park under the A40
Westway dual carriageway stood in for the
Bronx,and Ropemaker Street in the City doubled
for midtown Manhattan. “We’re trying to do as
many elements as possible in London.”
Besides doubling for New York and, occasion-
ally, Hong Kong, London also features as itself,
with the production shooting inWhitehall Place,
the National Liberal Club and Great Scotland
Yard. “We did some significant work in terms of
shutting down a street in central London,” says
Newirth.“From the producing side, that gives us
tremendous production value. We were able to
take advantage of the architecture of the city.”
Another London location utilised by the pro-
duction was the Caroline Gardens Chapel in
Peckham, south London, which sits within the
capital’s largest complex of almshouses, built
for retired publicans. “An extraordinary loca-
tion,” says Lengyel.“To bring a movie of this size
into that environment takes a lot of work on
the ground with a lot of residents.”
Outside of the capital, Derrickson shot for
two days at Exeter College Chapel, Oxford,
over Christmas. “We had to be sensitive to the
location, this beautiful old chapel,” says
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Newirth, “also respecting what the building
represented.”
“Again, it was taking advantage of the wealth
of period architecture we have,” says Lengyel,
“and was a perfect match for our requirements.
It was a question of working closely with the
specific college and also the colleges immedi-
ately adjacent that we inevitably affect,because
one of the challenges with these films is the
scale of the operation and the number of
equipment vehicles that need to be as close as
possible to our set.” The production also shot
interior VFX plates at Salisbury Cathedral.“It’s a
super-friendly location within one hour of the
studio,” Lengyel continues, “and one that’s very
keen to get onto the location map.”
Another location in the south of England that
stood in for NewYork was the Thames at North-
fleet, Kent, which portrayed the Hudson River
for part of a driving sequence that will be pieced
together from elements shot at Longcross as
well as New York. “That took a considerable
On location at Exeter College Chapel in Oxford
Jay Maidment
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