Two of them were the real version, used for beauty shots. They alternated between 10 versions depending on the shot. The next part of the chase sees Bond hop in his Aston Martin, but the crew couldn't use just one car for this. After four takes, they had the shot they needed. To hide the ramp, filmmakers added this arch as a clever VFX cover. Craig's stunt double had to jump a 25-foot ramp going exactly 60 miles per hour and then drop down 12 feet onto the road above. The memorable moment was done without a green screen. Narrator: Once the roads were suitable for driving, Bond could ride on a motorcycle and execute a daring jump to reach the town square.

The drivers could then make sharp turns, drift, and go up narrow corridors.Ĭorbould: I was skeptical at first myself about it, but when I saw it, it absolutely paid dividends. Once dried, the sugar made the surface extremely sticky, giving the tires much better grip.

He sprayed 8,400 gallons of sugary soda on the cobblestone. So stunt coordinator Lee Morrison came up with an unusual solution. While beautiful, the roads were also slippery, with less traction compared to modern asphalt roads. Matera's ancient streets weren't suitable for vehicles going 80 miles per hour. Narrator: That's Chris Corbould, special effects and car supervisor for 'No Time To Die.' While Corbould has overseen tank chases and record-shattering explosions for the Bond franchise, this shoot presented a surprising challenge: cobblestone streets. As soon as director Cary Fukunaga found Matera, Italy, he knew the claustrophobic paths and steep slopes were the perfect place to put 007 in peril.Ĭorbould: We went out to Matera probably 13, 14 times, finding locations, dreaming up ideas.

Narrator: And that's just one element of an opening sequence that involved 10 versions of the Aston Martin, hundreds of fake bullets, and 8,400 gallons of soda.

Narrator: This is the climax of the opening car chase in 'No Time To Die.' To pull this off with hardly any CGI, the Bond crew had to figure out how to imitate bullet impacts and then line each one up with the car's prop machine guns.Ĭhris Corbould: I think the beauty of this sequence is it is probably 95% for real. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

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