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Lights, camera, cop action

The Terminator could have been pulled into real-life action in Cloverdale this week, had he actually been in town.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new action-comedy was in production Thursday, filming an explosion-filled sequence when a robber tried to pull off a bank heist.

In the middle of the shoot, RCMP officers on the movie set were sent to a robbery in progress at a Coast Capital Savings branch just steps away.

Paul Orazietti of the Cloverdale Business Improvement Association told CTV Vancouver that the incident happened quickly.

“Suddenly you have nine to 12 officers in five or six different vehicles all just swarm,” he said to CTV News. “They stopped the filming (for safety concerns) because of the explosions.”

Unbeknownst to the bank robber, a movie with the action superstar was filming down the block, complete with on-set police security.

Mounties quickly arrested a suspect, thwarting the robbery.

“Everybody was watching,” Orazietti said. “It was pretty exciting to see something real happen.”

According to CTV, Arnie had left the province but filming is expected to continue on location in Cloverdale until Saturday.

The movie is about a group of “eccentric assassins” who decide to kill Schwarzenegger’s character, Gunther, who’s described as the world’s greatest hit-man.

– With files from CTV Vancouver



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