We are receiving reports hinting that Christopher Nolan’s next film, Inception has begun filming at University College London (UCL).
The film crew for “Oliver’s Arrow” today invaded UCL’s Wilkins building to film some scenes in various locations within the Main Library. Michael Caine, Leonardo di Caprio and Ellen Page were on location filming scenes in what had been dressed up (with fake signage) to be the “Bibliotheque” of the “Ecole de Architecture” in France.
From what we’re been able to hear so far, there was a scene being shot in the Flaxman Gallery (a section of the Main Library on campus) with Leonardo DiCaprio’s character being introduced to a graduate student named Ariadne (possibly Ellen Page) by Michael Caine’s character. Apparently, DiCaprio’s character had a job offer for her. We’ve also heard that some other scenes were being shot in a lecture theater, a reading room, and some other locations inside the Main Library.
Michael Caine looked like he was playing a similar character to the one he always plays lately, Ellen Page looked like a plucky young student, and Leo di Caprio just looked moody and “focused” (toying with the toothpick-in-between-the-teeth look).
The last part with the toothpick made me laugh. It’s a lot of information here and we’re fortunate for DivisionofJoy posting it on the IMDb forums. So, what can you guys make of all this? Let’s hear some of your comments!
on July 16, 2009 at 12:53 pm
We have Ellen Page's name. "Ariadne". That's a weird name, is it?
on July 16, 2009 at 1:26 pm
It's not a common name. Agatha Christie had a character named Ariadne Oliver in several of her stories
on July 16, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Someone on an Ellen fansite had an interesting insight into the name Ariadne. From Greek mythology Ariadne is the one who gave Theseus the ball of string so he could find his way out of the labyrinth after killing the minotaur. Perhaps Ellen's character is like a guide to Leo's?
on July 19, 2009 at 2:12 am
Very excited with these new updates. I was getting annoyed. ^_^
on August 16, 2009 at 12:01 am
[...] DiCaprio and Michael Caine are also likely to be in the shoot, since they were both present for filming that took place at the University College London library that was altered to imitate the Bibliotheque of the Ecole de Architecture in France. We are also [...]
on September 3, 2009 at 8:04 pm
[...] starting off in places like Japan, England, France and Morocco, filming on Christopher Nolan’s Inception as finally made its way to the [...]