Danko (Red Heat) is a 1988 film directed by Walter Hill with Arnold Schwarzengger and Jim Belushi.
PLOT AND TRAILER
A Soviet police captain hunts down a Russian drug dealer in America. He, arrested in Chicago for a misdemeanor, is handed over to Danko (Schwarzenegger) but flees with the help of his accomplices. Danko he has to get back to work, paired with a willing American agent.
THE SHOOTING IN RUSSIA
The one of Danko was the first American film crew allowed to shoot in Moscow, on Red Square, since the Perestroika period. It is rumored that the permit was requested by the production but refused by the authorities. Hill he did not lose heart: he made wear a Schwarzenegger the uniform and with a couple of crew members filmed it as if it were a private film. However, the former governor of California was very impressed with the warmth of the people.
“There was great enthusiasm in Moscow, not only among the press but also among citizens. Many children tried to communicate with us in all ways by asking us for autographs. I never expected such a welcome "
WEIGHT LOSS
For the movie Walter Hill he asked Schwarzenegger, too massive, to lose at least five pounds, ea B to earn as many. Arnold himself stated this in an interview.
“The director wanted a much more Russian look and I had to lose 10 or 15 kilos to make the film. They wanted more bones in the face "
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