Bond stunt rider crashes through historic shop window

MOVIES • A stuntman in the new James Bond film, Skyfall, now shooting in Istanbul, lost control of his motorcycle and smashed into the window of a 330-year-old shop in the city’s 15th-century Grand Bazaar, Turkish media said on Monday.

The stuntman swerved to avoid hitting extras while careering through the Grand Bazaar at high speed, the NTV news channel said, but then crashed into the jewelry shop and smashed its crystal glass window.

“It is very nice for the Grand Bazaar to be chosen as a location for shooting this kind of movie. But the bazaar’s administration . . . didn’t notify us the shooting would be like this,” said Mete Boybeyi, the owner of the shop.

“This place is regulated by the Council of Monuments. We can’t even change our window without their permission,” he said.