Try Another Way: Scottish Castle Location Changed

In a surprise move it appears that the ‘Skyfall’ production team have now decided not to use Duntrune Castle in Scotland as a location. It is thought that the beautiful castle had originally been chosen for filming parts of the new Bond adventure in the early months of 2012. A considerable number of production crew were due to descend on the castle and surrounding area, and local hotels were looking forward to the potential boost to local income.

The castle’s owner, Robin Malcolm, commenting to Scottish TV, said: ‘I particularly feel sorry for hoteliers and tradesmen in the area who were looking forward to a prosperous New Year. For myself I am very sorry I won’t see Judi Dench’. He added: ‘For the past three months they have been sending people up here in increasing numbers to look around. Last time we had 50 people having lunch in our kitchen. I think they would like to keep a Scottish dimension in the film, but where they do that is up to them’.

In the meantime, it is believed that production scouts have been looking at various other locations in Scotland. During the recent press conference held in central London to launch ‘Skyfall’, Scotland was also still officially listed as one of the locations for the new movie.

Early footage for ‘Skyfall’ was shot shortly after the press conference. Principal photography on ‘Skyfall’ then commenced at Pinewood on Monday November 7, and in the last two weeks there has also been more location filming in central London.