Hollywood comes to Riviera
Stars use boatyard for chase sceneHollywood film stars John Cusack and Thomas Jane put the pedal to the metal and took a Hard Drive through Riviera’s manufacturing facility recently.
The high-speed car chase through Riviera’s 14-hectare Coomera factory was filmed for an action packed scene in the multi-million dollar feature film Hard Drive which is due for international release in 2014.
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, Hard Drive, is a film about an American thief (Cusack) who arrives in Brisbane looking for a getaway driver. He hires ex-Formula One driver turned driving school instructor (Jane), who puts his Formula One driving skills to the test in a thrilling car chase around notable Gold Coast icons including the Q1, Surfers Paradise and Riviera in a bid to outrun the police and the mob.
The car chase certainly revved up on set at Riviera with Cussack and Jane weaving around and under multi-million dollar luxury boats narrowly missing the massive propellers, zooming through the factory floor, passed boats under construction.
Riviera’s director of brand and communications Stephen Milne said it was an honour to have the large film crew on site at the home of Australia’s largest and most awarded luxury boat builder.
"It was an exhilarating experience to see the director, actors, stunt men, and film crew of some 50 people in action right here at Riviera for an entire day," he said.
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