14 DAY TRIAL // Known as one of the most secretive directors in the industry, Chris Nolan is definitely not living up to this reputation with “The Dark Knight Rises.” Another video from the Pittsburg set has emerged online, and it shows the Catwoman stunt double crashing the Batpod into an expensive IMAX camera.
As we also reported a few days ago, the latest Batman installment – Nolan’s third and last – is leaking. Spies and paparazzi found their way on set, coming back with crucial details about the scene shot and even more important photos.
After hearing that a riot is being shot, together with a face to face confrontation between Batman (Christian Bale) and Bane (Tom Hardy), photos of the Catwoman stunt double also emerged.
Today, fans also have a video – see it below, embedded at the end of the article – of the stunt double crashing Batman’s ride of choice, the Batpod, into an IMAX camera.
This, TMZ says, is how budgets expand.
“The budget for ‘Batman: The Dark Knight Rises’ might have just jumped up another six figures – because last Friday, Catwoman’s stunt double barreled through a super-expensive IMAX camera,” the e-zine writes.
“It’s unclear who messed up – the stunt-double or the cameraman – but either way, the camera appeared to be blown to smithereens,” TMZ further says.
“It was all shot outside some building at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh – which, we’re told, is supposed to be Gotham City Hall in the movie. Thankfully, no one was hurt,” the e-zine adds.
However, even if the film has an estimated budget of $250 million and a broken camera is “just a drop in a bucket,” one can’t help but notice that no one seems to react to the incident in any way once the scene is done.
This leaves the door open to the possibility, even if minuscule, that the crash was planned in advance.
Check out footage of the incident below and see what you make of it. In the film, Catwoman will be played by Anne Hathaway.