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Rond-point de l'étoile
“A man should look his best for his wedding or funeral.“
Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne)
If the Arc de Triomphe does appear on screen, during the most spectacular chase of John Wick 4, Chad Stahelski and his team having shot on location, the sequence in question was shot in a disused airport in Berlin.
Bringing Paris to Berlin
Christopher McQuarrie did not hesitate to do what was necessary to really shoot the scene of Mission: Impossible Fall Outon the Etoile traffic circle, with Tom Cruise driving in the opposite direction on his motorcycle, Chad Stahelski preferred to play it safe. Turning on this busy traffic circle had indeed forced the Mission: Impossible team to work very early to impact traffic as little as possible. A point on which Chad Stahelski did not wish to compromise, preferring to work from a safer place, in Berlin, in front of a very realistic projection of the Arc de Triomphe.
The battle of Paris
It must be said that the sequence during which John Wick drives and then fights with his pursuers, in the middle of the traffic of the Etoile traffic circle, is much longer than the one in Mission: Impossible Fall Out. The latter lasts only a few minutes. Thus, producing the ambitious sequence was much easier from the disused Berlin airport, where the filmmaker and his actors could move around in a secure set, with cars driven by stuntmen.
A good way not to reveal the secret of this piece of bravery. On screen, the illusion is perfect and Keanu Reeves really looks like he is fighting in traffic, risking his life every minute. The result of a shooting realized with real vehicles but also digital images for the least striking.
The Arc de Triomphe scene in John Wick 4 was actually shot in two locations: on the actual traffic circle of the Champs-Élysées and in Berlin.
Place Charles de Gaulle
Created in 1670, Place Charles-de-Gaulle was formerly called Place de l’Étoile.
Known for housing the Arc de Triomphe and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in its center, Place Charles-de-Gaulle organizes the convergence of twelve major Parisian avenues such as Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Avenur Foch and the Avenue Kleber. It is the second largest square in Paris after that of Concorde.
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