Jamie Dornan reveals Fifty Shades sequel was filmed in Nice the day after terror attacks

The cast and crew were 'contractually obliged' to carry on filming 
New film: Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson star in the sequel (Dave Benett)
Jennifer Ruby10 August 2016
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Jamie Dornan has revealed that he was shooting scenes for the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel in Nice the day after the terror attacks.

The Irish star has spoken out about the ‘b***** awful situation’ the cast and crew were in as they were contractually obliged to keep shooting despite the Bastille Day massacre.

Speaking to Coming Soon, he said: “It was, as you can imagine, a b***** awful situation. You’d be affected by it wherever you were in the world.

“The first thing that everyone had to work out was is everybody safe, is the whole crew and cast safe.”

While the majority of the cast and crew stayed further along the Cote D’Azure, Dornan had opted to stay in nice with his family.

“Most of the cast and crew were actually staying in Monaco so there's a little bit of distance there, but my family and I wanted a little bit more space so we were actually staying in Nice,” he said.

Despite the horrific attacks, in which 84 people lost their lives, filming resumed the very next day.

“Then you have the strange thing of the next day still trying to make a movie that’s costing millions of dollars to put together,” Dornan said.

“There’s this contractual obligation to work the next day, which is a very strange environment to work in.”

After the attacks, Fifty Shades producer Dana Brunetti let fans know that everyone involved in the film was safe and sound.

He wrote on Twitter: “Back safe in my hotel room. Thanks for everyone’s concern and messages.

“As far as I know everyone from out cast and crew is safe. Thanks for everyone’s concern.”

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