How cool is my job? Popped out to our office at Pinewood Studios, home to James Bond, Aliens and so many brilliant films that my head explodes just thinking about it. Sadly it was between projects, and pretty quiet. Nonetheless, went and saw the big outdoor water tank, with its vast blue FX screen backdrop. Apparently there were still remains of a Casino Royale set up there until just recently, but nothing for me to see. Tried to get into the underwater tank, but it was closed.
Not to be defeated, I had a nice stroll around (though it started raining). They've named some of the streets inside Pinewood after Bond - Goldfinger Avenue, Broccoli Lane - and I saw a building labelled "Casino Royale FX". I circumnavigated the famous "007 Stage", for its day the largest sound stage ever built. Sadly it was recently damaged by fire, but it was interesting to see all the bits and pieces being cleaned out. I did manage to find one interesting piece of detritus - a thin wooden notice board with "Casino Royale" stenciled on it, and some production notes. (I will be a good boy and keep the details to myself.)
Not much else to see: the "Stanley Kubrick" building where they're working on The Bourne Ultimatum, Paul Greengrass' named carpark, studio for the The Weakest Link television show, Pinewood's Academy Awards and a shed full of facehuggers and latex aliens (plus something that I could swear is Arfur the Worm from Meet the Feebles).
I have walked in the footsteps of giants!
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