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WILD TARGET – Behind the Scenes

Filming: six weeks, September/October 2008
Budget: $ 8 Million

Behind the Scenes

Rupert’s favourite scene to film:

Rupert had to learn how to take apart a 9mm Glock handgun and set it back together.

Rupert grew a beard for the part of Tony.

The Manx leg of shooting lasted for three weeks.

While filming on the Isle of Man, The Creek Inn, Peel, became Rupert’s and the crew’s local for lunch and in the evenings, when they watched the live bands.

ICM Exclusive: Helena Bonham Carter was originally cast in the female lead but we were informed that she had to withdraw from the production when a tragedy hit her family. She was replaced by English actress Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada).

At the Isle of Man, Rupert went to have dinner with the Wild Target crew several times.

Director Jonathan Lynn lent his voice to Roger, the parrot.

The number of the hotel room, the headlines of the newspaper clippings are the same as those in the original, Cible Emouvante.

This is the painting that Rose is tricking Ferguson with. It is (in reality) hanging in the National Gallery where the scenes in the film take place.

Wild Target is based on the French film “Cible Emouvante” from 1992, starring Guillaume Depardieu as Antoine (here: Tony). Aged 37, Guillaume died during the production of Wild Target.