When filming the tanker chase for Licence To Kill on a dangerous stretch of road in Mexico, the crew reported various strange happenings which led to suggestions that the area was haunted or jinxed as a result of the number of people killed on that road.
Well, it might be a stretch to call the roads near Lake Garda in Italy jinxed, but there have been a couple of accidents in the last few days which have a hint of some sort of curse on the film! Firstly, an Aston Martin DBS being driven to the filming locations went off the road and plunged into the lake. Then an Alfa Romeo being driven by two stuntmen crashed while filming the chase, landing one of the stuntmen in intensive care. In another incident, a man was reported to have a heart attack and die while watching the filming!
There is a precedent for bad luck to strike in the making of Bond films so there is nothing new here. In fact, when we start talking about vehicles plunging into lakes - the same thing happened on FRWL, except it was a helicopter and it was carrying the director, Terence Young! The film that resulted was in my opinion the best Bond film ever, bad luck doesn't necessarily mean the film will be bad. So hopefully the current Bond unit will be able to rise above adversity and produce a classic film.
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