Filming only recently commenced on The Coup, starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell, and already an accident on the set is making headlines.
A fire broke out on the movie’s set in Thailand last week but, luckily, most of the cast and crew had already left for the day.
The film follows an American family caught in a political uprising in Southeast Asia.
Chris Lowenstein, executive director of Living Films which is facilitating the production, said “the fire followed a full day of filming in a set dressed as a government office building, where the husband and wife characters played by Wilson and Bell take refuge to escape a helicopter attack.”
Lowenstein added, “The day’s shooting proceeded uneventfully, with the final shot being the destruction of the office, as it’s supposed to look like it is being hit by a tank shell. The scene involved air mortars with dust, cork and debris, but no explosion, fire or other pyrotechnics. As part of the scene, a false wall we built is partially destroyed and a dummy ceiling beam is supposed to become dislodged and fall. It was shot with multiple cameras. Shortly after 7pm the cameras rolled, the air mortars fired and the wall was destroyed as planned. The director called cut, the assistant director called wrap on the day, the actors exited the set, the director, DP and producers began to view playback and discuss what had been shot and the shooting for the next day, and the crew started to wrap the equipment. Shortly thereafter, a small fire broke out in the ceiling of the set.”
The Coup has been shooting for about two weeks in Lampang and Chiang Mai in northern Thailand and will continue filming in the area through mid-December.
