The tabloids have been awash with stories of gang warfare on the sets of Quantum of Solace while shooting in Panama, with them claiming that actors are having to avoid a hail of bullets as rival gangs take out their grievances, claiming that police shot dead one gang member who claimed to be a union member.
However, a bit of investigation dispels this story - police did shoot dead a union leader, in mass protests in the construction sector about building conditions and safety on Panama - absolutely nothing to do with Quantum of Solace.
The tabloid reports also said that filming is struggling to stay on schedule and that insurance companies were pressuring them to pull out and rewrite the story so it could be shot elsewhere.
To clear up these fabrications, Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have released a joint statement:
"The filming of 'Quantum of Solace', with director Marc Forster at the helm, is on schedule and will continue as planned in Panama. None of the cast or crew have ever been in danger. Reports of troubles with gangs are untrue. The protests are to do with the fatal shooting of a construction worker in Colon and are unrelated to our filming activities. Our cast and crew have not been threatened and no thefts or muggings have occurred.
These scurrilous and irresponsible reports in The Daily Star have caused distress to the UK families of our filming unit."
Sunday, February 17, 2008
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