Crime 101: Location Manager Robert Foulkes on choosing the highs and the lows of Los Angeles for the Chris Hemsworth heist movie

About this episode

Robert Foulkes discusses the location choices for the heist movie Crime 101 featuring Chris Hemsworth.

In this edition of the On Location podcast we meet veteran Location Manager, LA-based Robert Foulkes, who tells us how some of Crime 101s locations were chosen. In the movie, Mike Davis (Chris Hemsworth) is a master jewel thief who specialises in meticulously targeted robberies, which take place along the 101 freeway in Los Angeles. Ahead of what could be his biggest-ever heist, he teams up with disillusioned insurance broker Sharon (Halle Berry). Detective Lou Lubesnick (Mark Ruffalo) has sp...

People in this episode

Host: Julian Newby

Guest: Robert Foulkes

Topics covered

• Location Management
• Film Production
• Los Angeles
• Heist Movies
• Crime Stories

Keywords

• Location Manager
• Crime 101
• Los Angeles
• Heist
• Film Locations
• Chris Hemsworth
• Robert Foulkes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Crime 101

Places: Los Angeles, 101 freeway

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