Continue director Jaume Collet-Serra explains how his new Netflix action film was able to recreate the busy Los Angeles International Airport during its busiest day of operations. Introducing Kingsman stars Taron Egerton as a young TSA agent who finds himself at the mercy of a mysterious traveler (Jason Bateman) with deadly intentions, Continue it recently made its streaming debut on December 13th.
Talking to TudumCollet-Serra explained how his latest film could film its action sequences in what appears to be one of the busiest airports in the world. Revealing that while the film was set in Los Angeles, production took place in New Orleans with the old airport terminal, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport replacing LAX. By having access to the entire space, the director's team could remodel the set to more closely resemble LAX and access areas not normally available to regular passengers. Check out their comments below:
We take over the old MSY [Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport] in New Orleans and redesigned/decorated it to look like LAX. It was a great feeling to have all the space at our disposal and to be able to explore all these areas of an airport that we normally don't see as passengers.
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As the closest international airport to the major Hollywood studios, LAX has appeared in countless films and television shows over the years. Furthermore, just as Collet-Serra used the old MSY terminal to replace Los Angeles Airport, LAX has also often been used to represent other international airports worldwide. For example, in Christopher Nolan's 2020 sci-fi action thriller Principleis LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal which is used as a replacement for Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
However, while most films shot on location at LAX may only have a few scenes set there, the filming demands Continue would probably have had a very big impact in the daily operations of a functioning terminal. As such, being able to secure access to an entire, unused airport terminal would have allowed Collet-Serra and his team to more accurately represent the behind-the-scenes workings of the aviation industry, without any undue impacts on the terminal's functions around the world. real. .
Unlike carry-on luggage, While he was able to film his action in a single location, Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin wasn't so lucky in his attempt to recreate Washington Dulles International Airport.
Ironically, with Continue currently being compared to the one led by Bruce Willis Die Hard franchise, Collet-Serra even managed avoid many of the pitfalls that came with making the 1990s Die Hard 2. Different Continue, who managed to film his action in a single location, Die Hard 2 Director Renny Harlin wasn't so lucky in his attempt to recreate Washington Dulles International Airport. Instead, he had to rely on the use of several stand-ins, including Kincheloe Air Force Base and LAX, as well as using sound stages and matte paint.
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Although a small portion Hand luggage the public will be able to identify the differences between the old New Orleans MSY terminal and LAX, for most viewers, the replacement is relatively seamless. By eliminating the need to recreate many restricted areas on a Hollywood soundstage, the ability to access a real-world terminal without being restricted by its ongoing operations would likely have been a huge benefit to the film's production team. Giving the final product an air of greater authenticity, ContinueThe filming location of is an invaluable addition to a film that is so strongly tied to the airport setting.
Source: Tudum