American actor Jeremy Renner is in Manila for the shooting of “The Bourne Legacy”, the latest installment in the Bourne action movie franchise, a source told abs-cbnNEWS.com.
The 40-year-old Renner, who will play the lead role in the film, has been in the country for a couple of days.
He is staying at a Makati hotel, the source said.
A report from Reuters said the actor was spotted in a bar in Phuket, Thailand on Wednesday, where a fight broke out among the patrons.
Renner’s publicist said in a statement that the actor was not injured nor involved in the incident.
However, the general manager of a local resort hotel where the bar was located was stabbed.
Renner will co-star with Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz in the fourth installment of the Bourne series.
He recently starred with Tom Cruise in the film "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol".
Meanwhile, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino confirmed that several directors and the production crew of the film are also in Manila to practice the action stunts for the film.
Tolentino also said that a number of Filipino celebrities will be part of the shoot but declined to name names.
He added that preparations for the shoot in several locations in Metro Manila are already finished.
