12 Tuesday Dec 2023
Posted in Maryam d'Abo, The Living Daylights
Maryam d’Abo played Kara Milovy in “The Living Daylights”, opposite to Timothy Dalton’s James Bond: Bond & Kara Milovy.
I portrayed her last week at ‘Bond in Motion’ exhibition in Prague, Czech Republic.
12 Sunday Nov 2023
Posted in London, No Time to Die
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007, filming location, Great Britain, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, No Time to Die, NTTD, The Mall, UK
Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) crossed the street on the way to her office. She climbed the stairs and entered the room. An unexpected patient was waiting there. It was Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek).
The scene with Madeleine Swann crossing the street was filmed at the Mall in London at the end of June 2019.
Léa Seydoux left the St. James’ Park at the Royal Artillery Boer War Memorial.
She crossed the Mall and walked towards the Duke of York Column at the top of the stairs.
The scene with Dr. Madeleine Swann walking up the staircase was filmed in {10-11} Carlton House Terrace in August 2019. The whole sequence with her and Safin in the office as well. The building is located right next to the Duke of York Column.
{10-11} Carlton House Terrace was used as filming location not only for ‘No Time to Die’, but also for: ‘Bridget Jones Diary’, Netflix’s ‘The Crown’, BBC’s ‘Sherlock Holmes, ‘Cruella’ and few others. You can rent it i.e. for wedding or conference and walk up the staircase like Dr. Madeleine Swann. Her office was filmed on the 2nd floor in a room that is not available for public use.
Sources:
– {10-11} Carlton House Terrace
– 007.com
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23 Wednesday Aug 2023
Posted in London, No Time to Die
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007, Centaur Street, filming location, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, No Time to Die
In ‘No Time to Die’ James Bond (Daniel Craig) lost his friend Felix Leiter from CIA (Jeffrey Wright) in a sinking ship but he managed to save himself and return to England. He directed his first steps to his garage where, among the gadgets known from other films, there was Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Bond uncovered the car and drove to the MI6 headquarters (read more in ‘No Time to Die’ at Whitehall Ct in London).
The scene with James Bond leaving the garage was filmed in tunnels under the railroad tracks at Centaur Street in London, UK.
Garages are located on one side of the tunnel only. On the other side there is a wall with an opening below the ceiling. There is a Park Plaza London Waterloo hotel right behind it. Most of the garages have been converted into shops so it is pretty easy to find the one that belonged to James Bond.
Bond left the garage that you can see in the next picture.
He made a 180 degrees turn and left the tunnel driving towards Centaur Street at the intersection with Carlisle Ln.
As you may notice while looking at the picture above, he had to turn left while in the film he turned right. The sequence was mirrored after filming.
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06 Sunday Aug 2023
Posted in The Spy Who Loved Me
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filming location, James Bond, James Bond location, movie location, Sardinia, The Spy Who Loved Me
Real filming locations together with screens of scenes filmed in these places. Film scene on top and my location photo at the bottom.
10 Monday Apr 2023
Posted in GoldenEye
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007, Brompton Cemetery, filming location, Fort Antoine Theatre, GoldenEye, James Bond, James Bond location, Langham hotel, London, Monaco, movie location, Petersburg, Somerset House, Soviet union
Real filming locations together with screens of scenes filmed in these places. Film scene on top and my location photo at the bottom.
18 Saturday Mar 2023
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Die Another Day, GoldenEye, Miss Moneypenny, Moneypenny, portrait, portrait session, Samantha Bond, The World Is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies
Samantha Bond played Miss Moneypenny, M’s secretary at MI6, in the four James Bond films featuring Pierce Brosnan: ‘GoldenEye’, ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, ‘The World Is Not Enough’ and ‘Die Another Day’.
Last month we’ve met for a portrait session at Corinthia Hotel in London.
I want to thank Corinthia Hotel London team, especially Director of communications Alice Jonsdottir for a possibility of organizing the portrait session in magnificent interior of the hotel.
11 Saturday Mar 2023
Posted in Die Another Day, London
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007, Die Another Day, filming location, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, Westminster Bridge
In ‘Die Another Day’ James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) engaged in a ferocious duel of swords with Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens) in the corridors of the Blades Club. 007 won the match. When he was leaving the club consierge (Oliver Skeete) gave him an envelope with a key. It was the key that opened the door to secret MI6 base located at abandoned Vauxhall Cross tube station.
The entrance to a fictional abandoned London tube station was filmed at the Westminster Bridge. Pierce Brosnan opened the door located in pedestal of the South Bank Lion sculpture. While standing at the door you can see the Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster on the opposite side of the River Thames.
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05 Sunday Mar 2023
Posted in Die Another Day, Die Another Day
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007, Buckingham Palace, Die Another Day, filming location, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, Pierce Brosnan
Real filming locations together with screens of scenes filmed in these places. Film scene on top and my location photo at the bottom.
03 Friday Mar 2023
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007, filming location, Great Britain, James Bond, James Bond location, London, movie location, Spectre, UK
In ‘Spectre’ we get to take a look at James Bond’s apartment. He (Daniel Craig) was standing at the window wearing dressing gown while waiting for Monneypenny (Naomie Harris). She brought him a box with personal things recovered from Skyfall. After the meeting in the apartment Moneypenny walked down the street into the darkness of the night.
The exterior of the house was filmed at 1 Stanley Gardens in Notting Hill in London.
The entrance to the building is located at Stanley Cres.
The exterior of the townhouse was filmed on December 15th 2014 in the evening. It was a week after principal photography began. Interior of the apartment was filmed at Pinewood Studios.
Both Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris were on location. Daniel Craig was standing at the window in an apartment with a balcony. Naomie Harris walked down the Stanley Cres towards Ladbroke Gardens.
Source:
– www.mi6-hq.com
27 Tuesday Dec 2022
Posted in Coast near Sapri, Italy, No Time to Die
At the beginning of ‘No Time to Die’ Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) had flashback of her mother’s death while swimming in the sea in Italy. After that she and James Bond (Daniel Craig) in Aston Martin DB5 took the scenic road at the sea. After a few corners they entered the tunnel that led to Matera.
The sequence with Aston Martin DB5 was filmed from a helicopter in the south of Italy on road SS18 Tirrena Inferiore between Sapri and Acquafredda. It began near Canale di Mezzanotte on the border between Campania and Basilicata. It ended a few corners later below the tower called Torre dei Crivi. In the film Matera was right after the tunnel. In reality it would have to be 200 km long! Matera is located on the eastern side of the Apennine peninsula, about 60 km from the Adriatic Sea. The SS18 Tirrena Inferiore road runs along the Tyrrhenian Sea, on the opposite side of the peninsula. Filmmakers wanted to film the seqence in in the setting sun therefore, they sought a suitable route on the western side of the peninsula.
The tunnel they entered was not real. CGI was used to create it. In the film you can see the wall of the tunnel covering third arch of the bridge (photo below) and part of the road on the right.
There is real tunnel around the next corner but it is very short and there is no Matera behind it as you can see below.
The same location was used to film the very last scene with Madeleine Swann driving Aston Martin V8 Vantage.
To be continued in: ‘No Time to Die’ in Matera, Italy. Part 1: Arrival.
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