Shooting on location in foreign climes can produce some beautiful backdrops and excellent local thesps, but it can also be a tricky – and risky move. There’s the water to think about, local customs to observe. Oh, and the country might overthrow its government in a military coup.
Such was the problem for Nicolas Cage’s new movie, the remake of Bangkok Dangerous, which took on a little too much reality when the tanks started to roll down the main street in the Thai city. Cage and other cast members were ordered back to their hotel, while the crew stayed behind to guard prop weapons being used for the film by co-directors Oxide and Danny Pang. But being the caring sort, Cage persuaded the producer to send everyone home.
The shooting schedule was almost finished, but the coup is likely to delay it for a while. It’s not known whether the production will pull a Miami Vice and head to safer territory to finish lensing.