Actor Russell Crowe Spotted Driving Saab in D.C.

Posted on 01. Apr, 2008 by Ryan in 2000-2009, Saab Sightings, Washington, D.C.

As part of ongoing filming in the Washington, D.C. area whereby a great deal of which took place while I was out of town, includes some recent sightings of actor, Russell Crowe spotted driving a classic Saab 900 in light blue on Pennsylvania Avenue not too far from the White House.

The filming involving Russell Crowe is part of the movie “State of Play” to be released in 2009.

Here is a quote from the George Washington hatchet student run newspaper:

Crowe sat in a light blue 1980′s Saab for much of the shoot as the scene involved him driving down Pennsylvania Avenue. As part of the scene, Crowe’s car stops running in the middle of the street. About 20 other vehicles, including a bus, were driven simultaneously, on cue, to allow Crowe’s car to blend into the scene.

However, one of the scriptwriters indicates the contrary when it comes to the year of the Saab.

The only info the script gives about the car is when Cal (Russell’s character) describes it as a:

“1997 Saab with velour seats”.

All other mentions of the car just describe it as “Cal’s SAAB” or “the SAAB” – but no other details are mentioned unfortunately.

Update: I have just received the actual script, all 126 pages of this film and see the references to where the Saabs are as of now besides Pennsylvania avenue.

I hope that during the remaining 5 days of filming in the district, someone can get some photographs of this Saab if it’s still being filmed, or at least some photography from the prior scenes when it was filmed on Pennsylvania avenue here in Washington, D.C. to bring clarity to this subject.

For more information on this film, I suggest you check out both Wikipedia as well as IMDB.

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