So there I was, walking over Waterloo Bridge, minding my own business and admiring the Palace of Westminster to the west and St Paul’s to the east. A helicopter appeared by the Victoria Tower.
The Palace of Westminster and Helicopter
I didn’t think much of it. Then it came zooming overhead and tilting. I raised my camera.
Tilting Helicopter
It had union flags on it.
Jubilee Helicopter
Another helicopter zoomed by. Most odd. I watched it go. It had a spherical object at the front.
Yellow and Black Helicopter
Some sort or aerial football?
I looked at the other people on the bridge. Most were staring at the sky. Then I noticed a bunch of people in black. They were carrying cameras, pushing one on a dolly and wearing headsets.
I had just seen a scene from the next James Bond film.
Oh wow that would have been interesting.
Gosh, that was quick!
Yes they carried on, and apparently one or both flew through Tower Bridge later on. I’ll find you a link.
Please do because as i was reading it, i was like, “is that will up in a heli again!”
http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/6065
The word by the river yesterday was that it was James Bond, though I have now read it might have been for the Olympics! There are videos on youtube too.
Thanks
Cool!
Pam
🙂
zounds!
Lots of comments from you recently L, but why no posts?
Have not been able to summon the ooomph to write. Long story, most of the pieces of which you’ve heard. But I’m doing OK and continuing to improve, albeit slowly. I posted yesterday, glory be!
Ah, I haven’t had a notification yet. 🙂 Glad you are still mending.
Goodness! how exciting! We saw them filming ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ in the middle of NYC while we were there. We do get excited by film stars don’t we!
I didn’t see any stars, though I did nearly walk into Julie Walters the other week on the South bank. she’s appearing at the National, so not that surprising. However, the helicopters may have been for the Olympics, not 007.
PS. Isobel, what are those shapes in the background of the last pic?! It looks like clouds of air-vortex from the helicopters!
I think you’re right, in that one and in the penultimate one.
lordy, that penultimate pic shows the vortex amazingly!
Not bad is it!
Miss Moneypenny I presume 😀
I went to New York in 2003 and they were making a fairly unmemorable film with Kate Hudson (and Helen Mirren) called Raising Helen. It also had the bloke from My Big Fat Greek Wedding, who excited the young ladies and there was lots of screaming going on. We seemed to follow them round the city from Battery Park to the Zoo, but our hearts sank every time we saw they were about because it caused disruption in us getting to see the things on list.
I eventually watched the film. I didn’t make it into a scene….
Dang! Or it could have been the story of Sophie Goes to Hollywood…:)
that would be cool but they forgot to sign me for that movie *pouts*
I was talking to an actor friend earlier. He reckons it wasn’t the Bond movie. 😦 Daniel Craig was filming in the City a couple of months ago.
whatever it was it was exciting…
I’m going to believe that it was the Bond movie – and that’s, that. 🙂 It makes for a fun story. Thanks for the fun post.
But did you see this? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=59f_1343435189
I was more than half right.