Iron Man - Behind the Scenes Video of Audi Q7 & R8 Stunt Scene
They are just too well built
By Clinton Deacon
April 30, 2008 3:23 PM
Filed Under: Audi, German, Movies
If there is one thing Iron Man Director Jon Favreau could complain about, it is that the Audi R8 and Q7 used in the movie are too well designed making the stunt scenes a logistical nightmare.
The first stunt scene (in the video above) features a family skidding to a halt in their Audi Q7 which proved a major problem due to the anti-lock braking system, even after the wheels were sprayed with WD40 and the ground was splattered with water, it still wouldn't work. In the end they spent 2 hours under the hood with all their tools and blow torches to turn off the anti-lock brakes. Unfortunately this isn't where the problems stopped, following the skid the Q7 is held in the air by Iron Man when the cars wheels should be spinning round but this time the traction control was in the way.
In the final scene of the movie, the Audi R8 should crash into Iron Monger's (the Bad one) leg and flip over, but obviously the set directors failed to realise the sport cars low center of gravity as each time the car would just spin to the side. Check out the video below to see the full behind the scene details, although be warned there will be a lot of wrecked R8s which could prove difficult for some people to see.
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Cars used for stunts are usually prepped for what they are supposed to do. Sometimes they even intentionally weaken some parts that have to break-off or sometimes they disable the ABS and traction control so they can make a car skid if the scene calls for it.
This appears to be an extension of Audi's product placement.
Disabling ABS to make a modern vehicle skid isn't really new to movies, but only Audi was smart enough to use this as a marketing/advertising tool. In truth this would also be a common problem with other vehicles with ABS.
Just saw Iron Man yesterday, despite mixed film reviews it was awesome (imho)! I did watch out for all the wheelspin and skidding action served up by that agressive School-run mum, it appeared the stunt designers hard work paid off! I was shocked however, by one very unexpected cameo appearance...from the Audi A7 4 door coupe prototype! Did anyone else notice this? I thought it was an A6-RS6 initally until they opened the frameless doors......
And something died inside me seeing those R8 destroyed :( I have the feeling that this movie will suck. Don't know bad karma, lol.
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