Santiago, April 02: The mayor of a small town in northern Chile where the latest Bond film is being shot was arrested Tuesday for driving onto the set in a Jeep leading a group of 200 locals, local media said.
Carlos Lopez, the mayor of Sierra Gorda in the Antofagasta region, 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) north of Santiago, was charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing, said Radio Cooperativa.
He got away lightly considering that he nearly ran over two people standing near a derelict train station that was being used as a set, witnesses said.
The shoot, for the 22nd film in the James Bond franchise, resumed a few minutes after the incident.
Lopez has been complaining about the shooting of the movie in his region, especially since it portrays the territory as part of Bolivia, which actually lost Antofagasta to Chile in a 1879-1883 war between the two neighbors.
Bolivia and Chile have not resumed diplomatic relations since.
The latest Bond film, starring Daniel Craig, will be released in Britain on October 31, followed by international release on November 7.
Bureau Report
