The freeway chase was the first sequence the Wachowskis tackled for the sequels, and they spent months searching for the perfect location. The brothers wanted their freeway to have a sense of doom about it; not surprisingly, most urban planners try to avoid that. So the search came up empty. The brothers? solution was a tad unconventional: they dumped the idea of shooting on an existing freeway and built their own. In February 2001, they hired a construction crew to erect a two-mile loop?complete with exit signs, dividers, an on ramp and an overpass?on an old U.S. naval base in Alameda, Calif. When they first heard the idea, the construction guys nearly keeled over. ?They actually said to us, ?We?re not doing this?,? recalls executive producer Grant Hill. ?They couldn?t believe it was for a movie. They said, ?Do you realize how much this costs?? ? Correct answer: $300,000 per quarter mile. ?We just looked at each other and said, ?OK, we can do that?.?
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