The famous helicopter shot was filmed by cameraman Paul Beeson. Beeson evidently assigned the shot to one among his crew, however his important digital camera operator refused to do it over security considerations; the shot required bodily leaning out of an open helicopter door with a big digital camera rig, a measure taken as a result of Beeson wished to keep away from capturing the helicopter’s shadow. Beeson ended up doing the shot himself on the final minute … whereas he was carrying a swimsuit and tie.
The shot additionally required excellent timing, with a sequence of megaphones arrange throughout the Bavarian Alps to present Andrews her cue once they noticed that the helicopter was in the precise place. Plainly after ten takes, Andrews started to get livid. Andrews herself recalled being annoyed by how low the chopper needed to move. She mentioned:
“It approached me from one finish of the sphere with a really courageous cameraman hanging exterior of it along with his digital camera and no door. I got here from the opposite finish of the sphere and we approached one another. Once we had achieved one take, the helicopter would go round me and return to the start and I would return to the opposite finish of the sphere and we would do it once more, however each time he went round me … the down draft from a really shut helicopter simply leveled me into the grass.”
Sadly, Andrews could not talk with Beeson or with the pilot. She simply needed to sign wildly, and unsuccessfully. She acquired down, however she acquired up once more. Afterward, she probably wished a whiskey drink and a vodka drink.