Filming for a Sky Italia commercial featuring Nicole Kidman was delayed nearly six hours when angry residents of the famous Testaccio district of Rome protested the inconvenience caused by the cameras and crew by refusing to allow Kidman inside.
Luigi Prosperi, spokesman for the residents said: "No-one had informed us that any of this was going to happen. The first we knew is when we woke up to find the streets clogged by dozens of vans and trucks...You couldn't even walk on the pavements because they had been buried under electric cables and to cap it all we were told to limit leaving and entering the block where Nicole was filming...We called a meeting of residents and voted to take action until an agreement was reached. We blocked off the entrance to the apartment block and didn't allow any of the crew in. We knew we had the upper hand as Nicole was only available for the day...We had nothing against Nicole she was fantastic and smiled and waved to us and even said 'Ciao' in Italian which was very nice of her."Eventually, the residents and the production crew managed to work out their issues and Nicole was allowed to pass. And granted, that's probably the most sensible outcome to that situation, but I'd by lying if I didn't say that I was hoping for a little bit more riotous behavior from the crown--at least a burning effigy to spice things up a bit.
Kidman photo shoot held to 'ransom' by angry residents [Daily Mail]
Written by Lisa Timmons
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She doesn't have enough money? She had to do an ad for Sky Italia? Greedy.