Monday 4 July 2011

Casting, Churchill and ...Pedro?!

Thanks to our amazing casting director, Kate Rhodes James we have now secured all of our main cast, and what a cast indeed! We'll be announcing who they are nearer the shoot, but its safe to say that Dave and I feel extremely lucky to be working with such high calibre and incredibly talented artists.

As for the search for the bomb - we took a visit to the Churchill War Rooms for some inspiration earlier in the week and low and behold what did we spot hanging from the ceiling at the entrance? An original and fully intact 500lb delayed action bomb, just like the one we have been looking for. 



Needless to say, the real deal is a bit too heavy to be lugging around on a set, but Steven (our production designer) found a fantastic replica at Bapty & Co so our bomb problem has been solved.  This is great news for us - because now we can stop discussing bombs everywhere we go - resulting in a lot of funny looks - We even resorted to affectionately calling it ‘Pedro’ when around others - especially on public transport.

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