Part of my 8 mile run this morning took me through the Bourne Woods near Farnham. It's the location for the opening sequence in Gladiator where the Romans battle against the Germanic hordes. The same area of woodland has been used for a number of film and tv scenes over the past few years including 'Children of Men', (see video taken on James' phone!)http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YNDyXRVhrvw 'Harry Potter', 'The Descent', 'Wolf Man', a Coldplay music videohttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tNwQeedQfZE. 'Ultimate Force' and various other productions.
The latest film to arrive is called 'Nottingham' and is a Robin Hood film seen through the perspective of the Sheriff of Nottingham - directed by Ridley Scott. Apparently Russell Crowe is playing both the parts of Robin Hood and the Sheriff - that should be interesting!
It's early days in the production and it's mainly the film's art dept who are on location at the moment - designing a small village and a castle which will be built over the next month or so. The filming itself will start in March and continue through until May/June after which the latest Harry Potter film will be arriving. So plenty to see over the next few months as I run through the woods!
2 comments:
CHris: Thanks for sharing the information about Nottingham. I have a web site for Russell, and would love to post any more "sightings" you get while running. Just send them to
rcsilver@optonline.net
My web site is http://www.murphsplace.com/crowe/news.html
No problem Mary, and if I see Russell I'll pass on your regards!
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