Ambulance May Have Destroyed Record Number of Vehicles, Says Star
Ambulance star Jake Gyllenhaal recently discussed his experience shooting the new Michael Bay film and says the shoot may have set the world record for most vehicles destroyed while making a movie. Bay is known for his high-concept action movies and aggressive filming style, but his higher-budget films like Transformers and Armageddon are defined by their large amount of CGI, whereas Ambulance's lower budget made Bay rely more on practical effects. The $40 million dollar film was the cheapest film Bay has made since Pain & Gain in 2013.
Ambulance stars Gyllenhaal as a war veteran who turns to bank robbery with his adopted brother (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) as they hijack an ambulance and take two EMTs hostage. Ambulance already had a looser more, improvisational feel than Bay's previous films, with a shorter shooting schedule of 38 days, combined with Bay's usual lightning-fast pace where he gets up to three to four times as many shots in a day more than the average director. According to Gyllenhaal, a lot of the dialogue in the movie was improvised by the actors and Bay as well.
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In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Gyllenhaal is asked how many vehicles were totaled in the making of the movie. Gyllenhaal responds by saying "It might be [in the] Guinness Book of World Records." Though it hasn't been confirmed by any record holders, it wouldn't be a surprise if the film was being considered due to the large amount of practical effects Bay employed.
Bay has already said he's destroyed more vehicles than any other director in film history, and Ambulanceadds to that legacy. Bay has also mentioned that the CGI effects in the movie are less-than-stellar, and that's why he used real
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