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Because Steve and I are locked down and were like, Lets escape by attempting this insane thing.
When theres nothing going into production, every actor is available.
Wed be the first independent film.
Its totally uncharted territory.
Liman, of course, is no stranger to exploding the boundaries of conventional filmmaking to suit his whims.
Perhaps most notoriously, when 20th Century Fox attempted to place stricter financial boundaries on the filmmaker afterMr.
Anticipating that the pandemic would worsen over the course of the shoot, they would film quickly.
I turned to Annie and Chiwetel and I was like, I have to shoot tomorrows work today.
And Chiwetels like, I havent even looked at it yet.
And Annies like, I started memorizing it but by no means do I have it memorized.
Just a handful of days later, it was an acceptable practice for their set.
And its my favorite scene in the movie, by the way, Liman says.
(Hathaway, for her part, called shooting under curve-flattening circumstances bothvery normal and completely wild.)
outlook as their characters, Liman and his producers approached the department store in July anticipating tricky negotiations.
We said, We dont have a script.
We dont have an idea for a movie.
It can only be Harrods, the director recalls.
Under normal circumstances, Harrods would never have said yes.
But again, these are not normal circumstances.
And Harrods was like, No, thats our vault.
And were like, Okay, would you let us just see your vault?
Just so we can make a run at re-create it somehow?
Its in this secret place in the building.
They took our production designer and he took some pictures.
From there, they were like, Okay, well let everybody in.
you might shoot in the vault.
You just cant show where it is in the building.
I found myself in the vault with my producer Alison Winter.
Theres an air lock to get in.
The person who brought us there went out.
I look at Alison and Im like, We are alone in the Harrods vault.
We have literally become one with our characters.
Elon Musks Space X and NASA are somehow reportedly involved.
To date, little else has been revealed about the project.
I flew myself across the Atlantic to make this film, the filmmaker says ofLocked Down.
Landing in Greenland is not for the faint of heart!
Most people think of astronaut training as being very physical, but its more like pilot training.
I just thought I should push myself outside of my comfort zone.
Because its going to be terrifying to go into outer space.
