Art mirrors life

A group of seasoned operatives get together in a bid to preserve their lives and the old values. Or perhaps two groups.

As BBC executives and The Trust met in emergency session in conference rooms on one side of Portland Place at the weekend, Bruce Willis and the cast of RED2 were recreating the streets of Moscow outside the Langham Hotel across the road. With the help of some green screens, Willis, John Malkovich, Antony Hopkins and Mary-Louise Parker were on camera until the early part of this week. They must have presumed the satvans and tv crews were for them, not the real life intrigues being played out over the zebra crossing...