Gerard Butler pilots the first Hollywood chase in an electric car!

But aboard a Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

With $35 million in worldwide box office revenue, Criminal Squad: Pantera is not a huge worldwide success. But this sequence of Den of Thieves will make Hollywood history as it features the world’s very first electric car chase on screen!

While Gerard Butler And O’Shea Jackson Jr. robbed the World Diamond Center to steal the pink diamond, a chase ensues. In a Porsche Taycan Turbo S. The Taycan Turbo was the perfect vehicle to help Donnie, Nick and the team get in and out of the Diamond Center. without being spotted “. Although it was fast, the German car was also super discreet. For what ? Because it’s a 100% electric car… but equipped with a 775 hp engine and capable of going from 0 to 100 in 2.4 seconds! Public price: 220,000 euros!

Terry Staceywho worked as cinematographer on the film, explains in Variety that Porsche provided the cars for the film. Once the agreement is concluded, the director Christian Gudegast included the Porsche Taycan Turbo S in the scenario, the ideal car to pull off a heist: stealthy and fast, but also quite small. It still took several vehicles and setups to put the scene together and pull off the action sequence.

“It all started with pre-visualization work which included storyboarding, route scouting and the presence of a bucket car. Stacey explains. “Two of the Porsches were modified to look like go-karts, and we had the stuntman on the roof. The steering wheel, dashboard and even the accelerator were moved to the roof so the stuntman could control the action. O’Shea and Gerard were in the car with the cameraman in the back.”

To film, Stacey used a Sony Rialto with an extension system that allowed the body to be separated from the Sony Venice camera. “This box could be mounted on the ground or on the roof, and the sensor and lens could capture the images while driving and pirouette. Another car had a camera in the front, capturing Butler and Jackson “driving“. He adds: “We didn’t want any CGI and filming in front of a green screen, because there’s a lot of action outside and inside!

The entire sequence took a week to shoot.

Criminal Squad: Pantera is currently in theaters.