Filming of stunt scenes for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is said to occur in downtown Rochester, N.Y. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 stars Jamie Fox, Emma Stone, and Andrew Garfield. Recently, Jamie Foxx shot a scene in Times Square on April 15. Foxx plays the character Electro. Electro is a villain who was changed by a lightning strike, that gave him the power to wield electricity.
The filming in Rochester, according to The Wall Street Journal, is of "stunt scenes," which are "...scheduled to begin Tuesday in downtown Rochester and continue through May 9"
News 10 of Rochester reports that Mayor Tom Richards stated, “The production company has now had contact with all the businesses on Main Street and offered to help them out. So if they are going to be hurt by this they have offered to help them out...”
The Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard said, “I'm sure some people will be inconvenienced, but we are very excited for us to be in the spotlight in this manner, a major motion picture coming to Rochester, it really puts us on the map. So we're very proud, we're very pleased and we're looking forward to assisting them in this production..."
The production crew wouldn't talk on camera to News 10 but did "say they are checking out the area for this week's shoots, and that they plan to do a rehearsal on Monday."
Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports that Columbia Pictures is "sending 200 crew members to Rochester, with another 250 workers and 150 extras hired locally."
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