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Parisian
authorities have banned filming action movie scenes in the French capital,
fearing that actors could be mistaken for police amid heightened tensions
following January’s devastating terrorist attacks.
Filming
scenes involving police, army or security services as well as car chases has
been banned as France steps up security with police and soldiers stationed at
sensitive areas, including synagogues, shopping malls, and media offices. Under
the emergency security regulations, filming outside religious sites or schools
is no longer permitted.
“There’s
a problem with these action-type scenes, as the actors in uniform could be
targets for terrorists,” Sylvie Barnaud, the police official who
grants outside filming permits in Paris, told AP. “Also, the actors could confuse the general public during
this highly sensitive period.”
Barnaud
said she didn’t know how long the ban would last.
The
City of Lights has long since served as the stage for popular action sequences,
in part because of its wealth of instantly recognizable landmarks.
Already,
several productions have been halted. French film, Flics Tout Simplement ('Simply
Cops'), was supposed to feature a scene involving a police officer posted
outside a school, but had to be re-imagined in accordance with the new
guidelines.
"Yes,
we were meant to film this scene. But it wasn't allowed. Of course, we have to
respect the new rules, and we changed the production plan,"
said Stephan Guillemet, the film’s unit director told AP.
In
recent years, several smash blockbusters were filmed on the streets of Paris,
including Luc Besson’s 2014 mega-hit Lucy, which featured a police car chase
next to the Louvre.
"Had
Luc Besson wanted to film this now, it would be impossible,"
said William Trillaud, set fixer for the movie.
Similarly, filming Parisian
scenes from movies like Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise and Matt Damon’s Bourne
Identity would not have been possible
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