Showing posts with label Piazza Navona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Piazza Navona. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Police in Angels and Demons

While I was at the filming of Angels and Demons, the particular scene that was being shot was Tom Hanks' character rushing towards the fountain in the center of Piazza Navona. The reason that I enjoyed this shot so much is because the character was being escorted by two Carabiniere. Although they were fake, I thought that it was cool that I'm going to see and understand the police that are being used in the movie. The only difference was that these policemen were not armed with the semi-automatic weapons like most of the real Carabiniere around Rome are! I've included a picture, but it's a little dark and blurry. It's a picture of Tom Hanks standing with the two "policemen." Enjoy : )

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Tom Hanks in Roma!


Last Friday (the 13th.. ah!) a few classmates and I decided to walk to Piazza Navona to see if Ron Howard and Tom Hanks were really shooting the movie Angels and Demons there. They DEFINITELY were!! It was so exciting to see such talented people shooting what I'm sure will be another amazing video. There was a HUGE crowd of people there and it was hard to see anything, but once I fought my way to the front it was so much fun to watch! A lot of the crew people were getting annoyed with us because we were such a large crowd and everyone kept taking pictures with flashes. They kept yelling in Italian and English, "BE QUIET! NO FLASH!" I hope that I get to see them shoot another day because Tom Hanks is my Mom's favorite actor and I would love to get more pictures of Tom for her! I've tried to upload a really good video from the shoot, but it isn't working. Instead, I've included a picture of Tom Hanks and Ron Howard filming. Ron is in the grayish shirt with a blue hat. Tom is walking into the Piazza with two "carabiniere" at his sides.

Enjoy : )