High speed car chases, shoot-outs and other stunt scenes from action movies have been barred from being filmed in Paris over fears actors could be targeted by terrorists.
People often say Paris is just one big film set, but authorities have been forced to limit the kinds of movies being filmed in the capital in the light of the terror attacks last month.Police commander Sylvie Barnaud announced this week that the shootings that left 17 dead have had an unexpected impact on the film local industry.“There’s a problem with these action-type scenes, as the actors in uniform could be targets for terrorism, Barnaud said.“Also the actors could cause confusion for the general public during this highly sensitive period.” she said.The police chief also said the use of fake weapons and special effects using pyrotechnics were also banned.
Val says just for the moment a sensible move I think. We were once in Los Angeles walking down a street when we were involved in the middle of a shoot out with police everywhere, a car stopped and men were spread eagled flat on the ground. It was really scary and we never really knew if it was a film set or the real thing. Comments to taglines82@gmail.com
