Turning the Tables - Sicario
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Film Review - Benicio and the SWAT Vehicle
The film's original opening was too long to establish the central character. Benicio needed to be more of a shadowy character in the beginning. The one thing that, that we hadn't got quite clear in our minds was how to do the SWAT vehicle. We couldn't afford and couldn't do it with a real house so basically Patrice put a fake wall on the exterior house. But as soon as you cut inside and the SWAT vehicle comes into the room where the dealer is watching TV, that's a set. That whole sequence I say we worked out basically on a piece of paper in the office during pre-production. And then to do theSWAT vehicle it was the last thing
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