Cash claim of director crushed in 007 shoot

A FILM director who suffered ‘career-ending’ injuries in an accident while shooting an action scene for James Bond film Spectre has lodged a compensation claim at the High Court.

Terry Madden, who was an assistant director on the Daniel Craig film, says his legs were crushed by an out-of-control Range Rover which was filming a plane in the Austrian Alps.

Julian Chamberlayne, of law firm Stewarts, which is representing Mr Madden, gave details of the claim yesterday.

Listed as defendants on the claim form at the High Court in London are B24 and Eon Productions, which made the film.

Mr Chamberlayne said: ‘On February 17, 2015, the Second Unit [which Mr Madden was part of] were filming action sequences of an aeroplane flying through a valley in the Austrian Alps using a remotely-operated camera rig mounted on a Range Rover.

‘At the end of one of the shots, the vehicle skidded out of control and hit Mr Madden, pinning him against a camera rostrum and crushing his legs.’

He added that Mr Madden had had a ‘successful and celebrated’ 45-year career and started out on the original Star Wars.

Mr Madden, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, said his mobility had been severely limited and added: ‘To have a career you worked hard over many years to build up taken away within a few seconds in this horrendous accident has been soul-destroying.’

‘Out-of-control Range Rover’