**Cross your eyes to unlock the 3-D magic!**
Photos by Diabolik
**Cross your eyes to unlock the 3-D magic!**
Photos by Diabolik
Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight Rises" was released on this day, July 20, 2012...
So I thought you might like to see more 3-D photos I took from the downtown Los Angeles location sets of Anne Hathaway and Christian Bale filming in costume as Catwoman and Batman and also as Selina Kile and Bruce Wayne.
This
was one of my craziest days in my early career as a paparazzo.
Christopher Nolan was filming the third installment of his Batman
franchise in downtown Los Angeles. In a rare move, the streets and
sidewalks where the crew was filming were not completely blocked off.
They would only lock down during the take when cameras were ready to
roll. There were several paps around, endlessly circling the block,
hoping to get lucky. But the crew was watching out for paps before they
would call "action" and would block those they saw.
That wasn't working out for me, so I had to switch strategies.
The local businesses were open, so I went into the jewelry shop across the street from where they were filming and bribed the owner to let me sit behind the counter like I was working there... and for just $10, he let me do it for like an hour. I would keep the camera hidden until they would lock down the set, at which point all of the crew were scanning the sidewalks, looking for paps, but they never thought to look behind them and see me shooting!
I got great exclusive shots of Anne Hathaway, in character as Selina Kyle, exiting her apartment and getting into a cab.
Then I noticed Christan Bale,
(dressed as Bruce Wayne) and it looked like he spotted me, but either he
didn't see me with the sun in his eyes and me in the shade of the store
just like the one seen behind him in the photo, or maybe he didn't mind
and didn't rat me out to the crew.
Bill Paxton would have been 70 today. Sadly he passed away in 2017.
I vividly recall how excited I was on this day, sent to downtown Los Angeles to cover the location set of "Big Love". Bill kept riding this bike back and forth from the set to the base camp where his trailer was. He was always one of my favorite character actors, so it was a special thrill to get these shots of him having fun between scenes.
As a paparazzo who cared about trying not to piss off people for whom I had respect, it was always a relief when a celebrity would smile for the camera, rather than try to hide their face.
This has always been one of my favorite pap shots, even more so now that the 3D magic has been revealed.
What's your favorite Bill Paxton role? For me it's a tossup between Hudson in 'Aliens' and Chet in 'Weird Science'.
This was one of my craziest days in my early career as a paparazzo. Christopher Nolan was filming the third installment of his Batman franchise in downtown Los Angeles. In a rare move, the streets and sidewalks where the crew was filming were not completely blocked off. They would only lock down during the take when cameras were ready to roll. There were several paps around, endlessly circling the block, hoping to get lucky. But the crew was watching out for paps before they would call "action" and would block those they saw.
That wasn't working out for me, so I had to switch strategies.
The local businesses were open, so I went into the jewelry shop across the street from where they were filming and bribed the owner to let me sit behind the counter like I was working there... and for just $10, he let me do it for like an hour. I would keep the camera hidden until they would lock down the set, at which point all of the crew were scanning the sidewalks, looking for paps, but they never thought to look behind them and see me shooting!
I got great shots of Anne Hathaway, in character as Selina Kyle, exiting her apartment and getting into a cab. Then I noticed Christan Bale, (dressed as Bruce Wayne) and it looked like he spotted me, but either he didn't see me with the sun in his eyes and me in the shade of the store just like the one seen behind him in the photo, or maybe he didn't mind and didn't rat me out to the crew.
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