Game Day for Batman filming at Heinz Field
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"Fans" cheer at Heinz Field as extras for the upcoming Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" filming at the stadium today. -
Jeff Aldrich of Wilkins carries a "Go Gotham" sign as he and his wife Donna head into Heinz Field today to take part in the filming of a football sequence for "The Dark Knight Rises", the new Batman film. -
Jeremy Prata of Shaler walks with his son Ben, wearing a batman cape, near Heinz Field after watching some of the moviemaking action today. -
For filming of the "Dark Knight Rises", several Steeler players took the part of extras for the 'Gotham Rogues.' Signs were displayed in their honor. -
Extras, including (center left) Wei Yu of Boston and Schevon Salmon of Florida, head into Heinz Field as "The Dark Knight Rises" films at the stadium. They are both law students at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Steelers Nation went Rogue today inside Heinz Field as thousands of extras played fans of a fictional team for a scene being filmed for "The Dark Knight Rises."
The Gotham Rogues are playing the Rapid City Monuments in a fictional game at the stadium, and after a morning of filming several takes of a kickoff scene, the mayhem started in the afternoon.
Fans who spent hours donning coats and cheering, then waiting while scenes were set, got a chance to play a panicked crowd as an attack on the field took place.
Vehicles called Tumblers -- which resemble Batmobiles but are painted in camouflage -- rolled onto the field after noon, and special effects teams set explosives for the explosive scene being filmed this afternoon. Shortly before 3 p.m., an annoucement that explosions were to start went out over police radio.
PG VIDEO: DARK KNIGHT AT HEINZ FIELDLater about 60 bombs set on the field went off in quick succession. That was the crowd's cue to scream, run and generally freak out.
Earlier in the day, thousands of extras decked out in the Rogues' colors of black and gold cheered as some Steelers, including Ben Roethlisberger and Hines Ward, appeared, playing members of the Rogues. Bill Cowher returned, prowling the sidelines in his first coaching gig since leaving the Steelers after the 2006 season. Kevin Colbert, the Steelers director of football operations, is reuniting with Cowher as an assistant coach for the Gotham Rogues.
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is dusting off his college skills and playing a kicker for the Rapid City Monuments, the Rogues' rivals. That may have been one of the reasons he was booed when one of his practice kicks did not go well.
A 2003 graduate of Washington & Jefferson College, he was a kicker there during his student days.
First Published August 6, 2011 10:07 am
