Chilean mayor attacks 007
2008-04-02 21:37
Simon Gardner
Santiago - There's an unlikely new villain
in James Bond's life.
Carlos Lopez, the mayor of a remote northern Chilean town,
burst onto the film set of the latest installment of the fictional
super-spy's adventures, Quantum of Solace, on Tuesday and was
detained by police.
Lopez said he drove onto the set between the cameras and Bond
actor Daniel Craig, interrupting filming, because he was angry at
what he called an excessive police presence in the small town
because of the filming and the fact Chilean soil was being used to
represent neighbouring Bolivia.
"For a town that has just 1 000 residents, sending in special
forces and water cannons, preventing people from walking in the
street, reminded me of the worst of the Pinochet years," Lopez
told Reuters by telephone from Baquedano, referring to Augusto
Pinochet's 1973-90 dictatorship.
The film will be released jointly by Sony Pictures
Entertainment's Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
It is scheduled to open in Britain on October 31 and on Novvember 7
elsewhere.
- Reuters