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Rachel Weisz at the Ninoy Aquino International
Airport after her 40-day shoot in Manila and Palawan
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Hollywood and Academy Award Actress
Rachel Weisz (The Mummy and The Mummy
Returns) was taken in awe by the natural beauty of El Nido, Palawan.
“I can live in Palawan forever!” declared the
42-year old wife of James Bond actor Daniel Craig.
The beautiful actress was in the country
for 40 days from January 8 to February 19 to film her latest movie, The Bourne Legacy.
It is the fourth installment to the successful spy thriller, three-time Matt-Damon
starrer movie version of author Robert Ludlum’s Bourne series.
This time, it is said that the story would
focus on a new CIA operative with a new whole cast of characters who would deal
with Jason Bourne.
(Bourne Legacy is actually the 2004 spy action
thriller written by Eriv Van Lustbader, who assumed writing for the successful
series after creator Robert Ludlum’s death in 2001.)
Jun Juban, of the Philippine Film
Studios Inc. said that “The contingent, including the cast who visited the
island, has been very expressive with their awe and amazement.”
Juban said
because of the captivating beauty of the islands in Palawan, the end part of
the action-packed movie was shot in these places.
Along with Weisz, The Bourne Legacy also stars
Jeremy Renner (S.W.A.T and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) and
Edward Norton (Fight Club, The Italian
Job, The Incredible Hulk ); and directed by Tony Gilroy.
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is a very pleasant news for the Filipinos especially when few weeks ago, Rachel
Weisz, the beautiful actress expressed her concern for those Filipinos living
in poverty with her Filipino co-actor John Arcilla. This is after she witnessed
for herself the number of informal settlers in Metro Manila.
El Nido is a first-class municipality situated at the northwestern tip
of the province of Palawan, Philippines. It is 40 kilometers southwest of
Manila, and 238 kilometers northwest of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan’s
capital. El Nido is bordered by the Linapacan Strait in the North, the Sulu Sea
in the east, and the South China Sea in the west.
El Nido is famous for its pristine white sand. It is considered a
showcase of Palawan’s geology and various wildlife. It is one of most important
sites for biological diversity in the country and has been stated by the
Philippine government as a protected area.
Palawan
came from a Chinese word that means “safe beautiful harbor.” Palawan is also
where the famous Puerto Princesa Underground is located which was recently
formally included in the New Seven Wonders of Nature.
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