"T3" SPY DUO BRINGS NEW SET REPORTS! Papa Razzi back with huge new T3 report! Reported By: René de Jong Tuesday, September 17, 2002 Hi TheArnoldFans, On Thursday morning (September 5th), I was at the Downey set again, filming and photographing a shoot of vehicles moving up and down "the street" as the camera truck rolled towing a Harley Davidson motorcycle and Arnold's stand-in, Monty. After several passes, cranes unloaded some wreckage in front of the computer building and flames and smoke emanated from the twisted metal. Cameras rolled again filming two police vehicles responding to the incident. 
 
Sunday morning (September 8th) found us back at Downey where we began to record the events of the morning. Word was that drive a mockup through some of the windows in the computer building and then a crane, driven by an Arnold stunt double would rip the entire facade off the computer building. We took various shots of the crew preparing the set but much to our amazement, glass began breaking before we were set up to shoot. Crew members were too close to the vicinity of the stunt in our opinion to anticipate that they were going to do the stunt. Our hunch was correct because a crew member got hurt in the process. There was a wooden mockup of part of the crane with a mannequin onboard. It was supposed to crash through the window. Either it did prematurely or they did not anticipate the path of the mockup's travel. In any case a crew member on a twelve foot ladder was knocked to the ground into lots of broken glass and received several lacerations. He had to be transported off set to a local hospital by a Downey rescue unit. That aspect was a bit surreal in that we have been so use to seeing rescue vehicles as part of the shooting, it was the first time seeing one responding to the real deal. After the rescue vehicle left, the crew began leaving the set. We speculated whether shooting might be over for the day and delayed until Monday. Shooting was also supposed to be taking place on Rodeo Drive, so I went to cover that activity. The crews returned to take down the camera equipment which gave us the impression they were done for the day. Two hours later, the crews returned and proceeded to rip the facade off the computer building and so ended the filming outside at the Downey set. At Rodeo Drive, it was incredible to see a couple towering cranes with bank after bank of 100,000 watt flood lamps splashing white light onto the prestigious fronts of some of the most expensive commercial real estate on earth. A couple of blocks were set up for their final outdoor shoot. I filmed several shots of them running a Mustang convertible up and down Rodeo with at least three maybe four actors aboard. There were other shots taking place, however, the rumor regarding the Terminatrix being filmed in the nude as she makes her emergence into present day is questionable. I was told by other crew members that the shot was actually taking place at the indoor Downey set, not Rodeo. Considering the amount of public onlookers, it is questionable that they would have done such a shot there. They wrapped up around midnight and I headed to Downey to confirm whether my intelligence was accurate about them demolishing the computer building facade. In the dim light of the late night sky, I saw for myself that the glass front was totally destroyed. You can imagine our disappointment. I went back and shot the remnants being cleaned up. So that is all for now. Papa Razzi ---------- |