Location, location, location
Having worked as a travel writer and on the periphery of the movie business for a while, I do enjoy the odd bit of location spotting. Especially if an Aston Martin has been involved.
Members of the AMOC like nothing better than photographing their Astons at the Stoke Poges golf club, or on that famous bend on the hill in Switzerland (Goldfinger) or outside the Casino in Monte Carlo (James Bond & The Persuaders).
I recently visited Canada, and in Vancouver watched them filming an episode of ‘Killer Instinct’ now showing here in the UK. The first episode I saw was the one we watched being made. There were San Fransisco’s finest running around under the flyover overlooking Granville Island… and we were standing just behind the cameras.
There was also a daft Christmas film on TV over the holidays about a thief masquerading as Santa Claus – and as he ran through a department store, my whole family happily bellowed in chorus ‘Hudson Bay Company’…