Tourists Watch Car Crash on Times Square Set of Nic Cage Movie

May 4, 2009 at 9:48 AM | by juliana | 0 Comments

A car chase being filmed for a new Nicolas Cage movie last night in Times Square went a little off-track, crashing head-first into a Sbarro pizza restaurant at around 1am. The scene was being shot for the movie, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and yes, it's related to Mickey Mouse.

Since the accident happened in Times Square, the crash was witnessed by several tourists who told The NY Post what they saw:

Mark Watkins, a tourist from Birmingham, England, watched the live action chase from the top of the new TKTS booth. "A black Ferrari and a silver Mercedes were chasing each other," he said. "The Ferrari took a route down the center of the road, swerving between cars. The Mercedes took the outside lanes. "The Ferrari took a sharp right to the left and lost it, swerving across the lanes, taking out a lamppost and a news stand.

Two people were hurt in the action--one lady was knocked to the ground and a lamppost fell on top of a man. Both were taken to the hospital and their injuries are believed to be not life threatening.

But this wasn't the first time filming for this movie has gone awry. Gothamist reports that confetti used for one scene being filmed in the East Village clogged an apartment building's drain and eventually caused a ceiling collapse.

You may be asking yourself, "Why does the world need a new Nicolas Cage movie?" Especially one that is wreaking so much havoc on NYC. Well, we can't answer that but we can tell you that the film is based on the poem that inspired Disney's Fantasia and Cage plays a sorcerer looking for an apprentice in New York. It could have been worse, we guess. The crash could have happened while filming Ghost Rider 2. Oh yes, a sequel is planned.

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