ANGELINA JOLIE
ARRIVES IN NORTH WALES
Copyright 2002 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ September 18th 2002 ]
Oscar
winning actress Angelina Jolie has been whisked
to a secret location in North Wales to continue
shooting scenes for Paramount Pictures Tomb Raider
movie sequel, IC Liverpool reports today. One
of her first scenes will involve the Hollywood
superstar traveling in a 4x4 off-road vehicle
hugging the borders of a lake surrounding a spectacular
thatched village designed to resemble a Chinese
rural community.
Film
spokeswoman Sue Darcy said Jolie was left breathless
by the scenery and immediately fell in love with
the region. "Angelina was up there by 8am. I should
think she had breakfast at the location. We filmed
sequences in a car along a mountain road and had
a chat. Angelina has been very impressed with
the scenery. It is just staggeringly beautiful
with the lake nearby. She's delighted to be here
and director Jan De Bont is over-joyed with what
he's got so far."
Action
scenes will also be recorded at six locations
in and around Snowdonia with more than 150 cast
and production crew members shooting at Pen-y-Pass,
near Snowdonia, and at a disused slate quarry
near Carmel. Angelina Jolie is expected to stay
in North Wales until Saturday before flying off
to Kenya and Hong Kong where she will film on
the panoramic Victoria Harbor.
The North
Wales Film Commission said economic benefits would
be brought to the region as a result of Angelina
Jolie's sharp-shooting videogame character. "Producers
will use local companies and services, injecting
money into the local economy." A spokesman for
the Wales Screen Commission, set up in August
to run alongside Wales' three regional film bodies,
said "The film company is looking at about half
a dozen locations in north west Wales. We are
delighted they have chosen to film here and we
will be working closely with them to ensure everything
goes smoothly."
Lara
Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life chronicles
the adventures of British aristocrat Lara croft
sent on a perilous mission to rescue the world
from the exploits of an evil Chinese crime syndicate
led by oriental crime lord Chen Lo. The movie
opens with an explosive underwater action scene
involving a desperate struggle for a sacred ancient
spear guarded by Chen Lo's evil henchmen and a
mission to overthrow new villain Reiss from deploying
an army of biological drones to wreak havoc on
the world.
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