![]() The downturn started after the writers’ strike of 2007-08. ![]() It’s not as easy as just finding stuff you want to do, it’s about finding the stuff you want to do that’s actually going to get made as well.” “Every great piece of material would go into production that’s not always the case now. You’d find material would come to you, it would be pretty much ready to go, it would have start dates and directors attached,” Bana recalls. “When I first started it was this ridiculous smorgasbord for everyone. In the early days of Bana’s Hollywood working life - he first headed to the US in the wake of Chopper in late 2000 - it was a different kind of projectile being slung his way: non-stop movie offers, starting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. “Probably because what we were doing paled into insignificance to what they were used to.” “But besides the airmail, people in The Bronx were among the most patient, accommodating people on a location shoot I think I’ve ever come across. “There was the occasional, special bit of airmail - a couple of bottles, some nappies,” nods Bana. What to watch: All the latest movie reviews from Leigh Paatsch When they learnt a movie star, in the shape of Eric Bana, was in their midst shooting a film called Deliver Us From Evil, they gave him the traditional welcome of random projectiles known as “Bronx Airmail”. ![]() ![]() THE residents of New York borough The Bronx are a welcoming bunch. ![]()
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