Gabriel Byrne was spotted in Broadway Market. Photo: Martin McKenna.
Two star actors are filming their latest movie in Hackney.
Gabriel Byrne (Usual Suspects) and Charlotte Rampling (The Duchess, Never Let Me Go) have been spotted filming in Broadway Market.
Hackney Council’s film office has confirmed that the movie I, Anna, a “noir thriller” with a difference, is currently shooting in London Fields.
The movie is based on Elsa Lewin’s novel of the same name. Ms Rampling plays the title character, a femme fatale who falls for Mr Byrne’s detective. He is investigating her as a murder suspect.
Ollie Redfern, who lives near Victoria Park, said he saw Ms Rampling standing near a car “smashed” against a street light outside a pub facing London Fields, with a film crew hidden behind it and a machine pumping out fake motor vapour.
Filmed in Hackney…
Captain America (2011): The not-yet-released blockbuster starring Chris Evans recreated 1940s America in and around Hackney Empire last summer.
One Day (2011): Weepy romance starring Anne Hathaway, filmed in Hoxton, Shoreditch and Boundary Road. Set for release this September.
Brighton Rock (2010): A wedding scene for the film interpretation of Graham Greene’s coming of age novel, starring Helen Mirren and Andy Serkis, was filmed in Hackney Town Hall.
Eastern Promises (2007): Starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. Broadway Market was used for a grisly scene where a man’s throat was cut.
Ashes to Ashes: The hugely popular Life on Mars spin-off TV series was partly filmed in Coronet Street and Hoxton Square.
