After a few weeks spent working on movies shot on the sunny Italian Riviera (no I was not in Venice for The wedding), we are back in Islington and to talk about another British actor and A-Lister: Gary Oldman.
Born in South London in the late 1950s, Oldman has been on our screens for the last 30 years, often in enigmatic roles in JFK, Dracula, The Fifth Element or Immortal Beloved – showing my age here. Younger audiences will of course know him from his roles in the Harry Potter and the Dark Knight franchises.
In award-winning Cold War drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Oldman plays George Smiley, a retired spy back in action to uncover a Soviet agent who has infiltrated MI6.
In the movie, George Smiley’s house is located in a quiet residential area, as you would expect from a spy. We can spot such house on 3 different occasions and from 3 different angles, most probably all shot on the same day in… Lloyd Square!
First at the beginning of the movie when Smiley is forced into retirement,
Then, halfway through, we can spot him going back home and noticing someone got in,
And finally, right at the end of the film.
So the next time you find yourself in Lloyd Square, you may want to double check that nobody is looking at you from behind the curtains.
Fade Out
How to get there?
Lloyd Square WC1X 9AJ
King’s Cross station (Zone 1)
Angel Tube Station (Zone 1)
Many buses to King’s Cross Road, Pentonville Road and Rosebery Avenue
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