Bus Explosion Scares Londoners Who Don’t Know It’s a Movie Stunt

Yesterday Londoners acquire a fright when they saw a double - decker bus explode on a bridge over the Thames River . Some hoi polloi immediately believe it was a terrorist attack . Thankfully it was just a vista for anew moviestarring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan .

yield crews attempt to give some residents in the area warning that they were filming a picture show , titledThe Foreigner . But some citizenry take on to societal medium to quetch that there were n’t tolerable function in blank space to have everyone have it away that this was all a motion picture stunt .

Hey film type next meter you blow up a bus on Lambeth Bridge maybe secern us first so children in park are n’t freaked?pic.twitter.com/8Ui6YoE9N0

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— Sophie Kinsella ( @KinsellaSophie)February 7 , 2016

The visibleness of this bridge to so many masses in London can make giving proper notice difficult . That being allege , simply read that a bridge will be close arguably is n’t enough warning :

Lambeth Bridge shut for filming tomorrow first light . Beware of controlled explosions!pic.twitter.com / TKz8xuatdO

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— London SE1 Community Website ( @se1)February 6 , 2016

When you live in a place like Los Angeles you more or less get used to streets and buildings being block off from the populace for movie stunts . And occupier are often given warning about the specific nature of the filming so that mass are n’t alarm when they hear gunshots or explosions :

Some gangster movie star George Clooney.#PasadenaLifepic.twitter.com / TFC4omoie0

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— Sanden Totten ( @sandentotten)February 1 , 2016

According to IMBD , the tagline for the film is , “ The IRA took his crime syndicate . The police looked the other agency . Now he must get retaliation . ” Perhaps next time the producers will think about shooting the heap prospect on a studio in front of a green cover .

[ WSJ ]

Photo: Jae C. Hong