Residents of Langa in Cape Town reportedly took fright on Tuesday morning when they heard the sound of automatic gunfire, not realising that it was part of a film shoot for a crime thriller starring Denzel Washington.
The Western Cape Provincial Community Policing Forum Board said in a statement that residents of the area are upset that the film crew was shooting in the area without informing any of the local residents. A spokesperson has called it “irresponsible’, saying families in the area tried to “seek refuge” on the floors to avoid becoming victims of the imagined cross-fire.
According to Denis Lillie, head of the Cape Film Commission, the producers had been authorised to film a sequence involving car chases and the firing of blanks, and had informed residents in the immediate neighbourhood, but that the sound had carried further than expected.
(Source: SAPA on Channel24)
