James Bond thriller Spectre being filming and a small business organisation in Mexico City has claimed that the city will suffer over $24m in losses as a result. James Bond producer Michael G Wilson as the “biggest opening sequence we have ever done”, it involves 1,500 extras in Day of the Dead costumes, along with a helicopter fight and a chase through a festival parade. All this action has meant streets have had to be closed for a number of days. “The closure of streets and pedestrian malls in the historic old town is directly and indirectly affecting more than 6,627 businesses,” claims Canacope, the chamber of commerce for small businesses in the city. Businesses were paid up to $130 a day for the inconvenience, but Canacope has said the sums are too small to properly compensate them. The movie production was offered $20m in tax incentives to film in the country, and the film features a ‘Bond girl’ role for Mexican actor Stephanie Sigman.
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