The crew originally planned to shoot some shots in Rome, then returned to the studio in London to continue shooting, rebuilding some scenes in Rome and the Vatican City in the studio. This method was used in the previous filming of "The Da Vinci Code". However, when filming "Angels and Demons", due to the impact of the screenwriter's strike and the depreciation of the dollar, Sony asked the crew to return to Los Angeles to film. Alan Cameron has designed and manufactured the materials needed for the scene based on the London studio, and the result is packaged back to Los Angeles. In order to transport these scene props away, it took five months to mobilize 18 boxes of 40-foot large containers.
In order to choose a suitable venue to build the scene in Rome, the crew photographed an empty space: the racecourse in Hollywood Park, where the crew built St. Peter’s Square and Piazza Navona, and Vatican City was disguised by the Los Angeles Stadium. become. But then the crew got a headache for the sound effects, because Hollywood Park happened to be on the only way to Los Angeles International Airport. There were always planes roaring by during the day, and there would never be planes over the real Vatican City, because there is no air traffic. Area. In order to reduce the trouble of the plane, the crew had to choose to film in the middle of the night.
