Another Crash on James Bond Set

By David

aka Highspeedhijinks

A stunt driver was severely injured on the set of the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace. On a winding lakeside road in Limone sul Garada, Italy, two stunt drivers were filming a chase scene in an Alfa Romeo 159 when they hit a truck and then careened into a wall. The wreck left stuntman Aris Comninos, who was airlifted to a hospital in nearby Verona, with severe head trauma. His co-driver was reported as being only slightly injured. The crash comes on the heels of the incident Saturday in which a stunt driver crashed Bond’s prized Aston Martin DBS into the lake, fortunately suffering only minor injuries. It’s a shame to hear about these professionals getting hurt, but holy crap, this sounds like it’s gonna be a great chase scene. More on CNN.

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Posted at 7:19 pm in Alfa Romeo, Crash, Guest Blogger, Movie Cars, Wrecks

Comments

GTwildfire
Apr 25, 2008 at 1:52 am

It’s alarming having two accidents like that. My first concern is that people people leave survive the shoots, first, with little or no injury.
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In this day and age, CGI can accomplish more than enough to both get the shoots needed and keep the stunt men safe. I think there’s little room for excuses anymore for this, especially twice.