Facing Down James Bond…and Surviving
Sid Man
In the past 18 months, I’ve been lucky enough to work as a background artist on a few movies, almost none of which are ready for release yet – 47 Ronin, Rush, About Time, Maryland – but did work on one particularly special movie which was released recently.
In November 2011, I embarked on possibly the greatest Bond Experience ever – I was booked to work on the 23rd Bond movie SkyFall; initially at Ascot Race Course which was doubling for Shanghai Airport, then at Broadgate Tower and finally at the world famous Pinewood Studios where I worked for a week on the Macau casino scene.…