ROME (AP) — After surviving the Sony hack, production for the new James Bond thriller “SPECTRE” has moved to Rome, where crowds are gathering to catch a glimpse of 007 and the oldest Bond girl yet, 50-year-old Monica Bellucci.
Daniel Craig, 46, and Bellucci have been seen around town in recent days as filming has taken them from the cobble-stoned streets of the historic center out to the Mussolini-era modern EUR neighborhood.
The main thoroughfare of central Rome, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, was closed to traffic early Tuesday for a nighttime car chase scene featuring Bond’s silver Aston Martin. Another chase took place along the bike path down on the banks of the Tiber River.
City officials expect as much as 1 million euros ($1.1 million) in permit fees alone from the filming.
