WHEN the cameras start rolling, Liverpool can be transformed into any time . . . any place.
In 2004, Jude Law romped the streets of the city as Liverpool doubled for New York in the hit romantic comedy, Alfie.
And he returned with Robert Downey jnr earlier this year to shoot Sherlock Holmes.
William Brown Street became Russia for a scene in Sean Connery’s 1989 film, The Hunt for Red October.
In 2001, Samuel L Jackson’s The 51st State was set entirely in Liverpool, as was the 1985 Letter to Brezhnev.
Several locations, including the courts in St George’s Hall, featured in 1993’s In the Name of the Father.
Castle Street was used in the 2001 Steve Coogan picture, The Parole Officer. A recent Hovis advert, depicting British history since the 19th century, was also entirely shot in Liverpool.
And, only this week, the Mersey Tunnel was a scene from the magical world of Harry Potter.
