Game of Thrones star Gemma Whelan was spotted filming a police chase scene in Liverpool city centre.
Photos taken by an ECHO photographer show Gemma, best known as Yara Greyjoy from the hit HBO series, inside a car on Vauxhall Road, Liverpool as a technician sits on top of the car. It is understood crews are filming for ITV drama The Tower.
The show also stars Jimmy Akingbola, known for playing Antoine Malick in Holby City and follows Jimmy and Gemma’s police officer characters. The pair are called to a crime scene at a tower block but are then plunged into a twisted mystery.
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Signs at the set said how Boundary Street and Vauxhall Road were closed for filming from 6am today until 8pm. Actress Gemma was seen inside the blue BMW as the technician, who is understood drives the car, sat on top.
The ECHO understands the crew were filming for a police chase scene. TV crews were also spotted at the former North Sefton Magistrates’ Court on Albert Road on Friday, August 19.
(Image: Liverpool ECHO)
Back in July, the Hilton Hotel in the city centre was also used for filming of the ITV show which is based on former Metropolitan Police officer Kate London’s series of novels from her time in the police force. The first series followed Killing Eve’s Gemma Whelan and Emmett J. Scanlan as they investigated the deaths of two people after they fell from a tower block.
The three-part drama had viewers hooked when it came to our screens last November – and filming for a new season is now underway. Camera crews were seen parked outside the Hilton Hotel in Liverpool city centre on Monday, July 18, as filming took place inside.
The second series – The Tower II: Death Message – is based on Kate London’s second novel, with Tahirah Shariff as PC Lizzie Adama starring alongside Gemma Whelan, Emmett J Scanlan as DI Kieran Shaw and Jimmy Akingbola as DC Steve Bradshaw.
The release date for the new series is yet to be confirmed.
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