Damon is Bourne in Goa By: Udita Jhunjhunwala March 12, 2004
Goa is the current base for Hollywood hotshot Matt Damon.
Along with Bourne Identity co-star Franka Potente (Run Lola Run) the American actor is shooting for The Bourne Supremacy in various locations in the Indian beach town.
Director Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday) and producers Patrick Crowley and Frank Marshall (Signs, Sixth Sense, Bourne Identity) are overseeing the $ two million Goa leg of the film, which will also be shot in Germany (Berlin) and Russia.
A mixed Indian and international crew has been in Goa for over a month (ensconced in the Taj Aguada) building sets and sourcing props from Mapusa market. The scenes being shot there comprise the opening 10 minutes of The Bourne Supremacy based on the Robert Ludlum novel about Jason Bourne.
After Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne (Damon) and Marie Helena Kreutz (Potente) are hiding out in Goa till they are tracked down there (by Karl Urban who played Eomer in Lord of the Rings) and before they shift location to Berlin.
Four hundred extras have been recruited as part of the production, and several second-hand Maruti Gypsies were bought from the local government for a crash scene. The film has been shot in the Fontainhas heritage precinct and Panjim Church Square, on the Nerul Bridge and on a south Goa beach.
Producer Frank Marshall said he was last in Goa in the ’60s as a hippie, “and I always wanted to shoot here”. Damon is on his first visit to India and said he “loves Goa”. He added, “I wish I had more time to explore and would definitely love to return.”
With inputs from Gomantak Times SHOOTING STARS
Hollywood stars passing through India in the last few weeks:
• Tina Turner • Reese Witherspoon • Dennis Quaid • Jane Fonda • Marisa Tomei • Matt Damon • Franka Potente
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