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===James Bond films=== Vauxhall Cross has featured in several recent [[James Bond in film|''James Bond'' films]], where it is depicted as the home base of the fictional [[00 Agent|00 Section]] and its associated [[Q (James Bond)|Q Branch]]. The building was first featured in ''[[GoldenEye]]'' (1995), and was depicted as having been attacked in ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999), ''[[Skyfall]]'' (2012), and ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'' (2015).<ref name=Guard99>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/nov/28/philipfrench|title=James'll fix it ... as usual|author=Philip French|author-link=Philip French|date=28 November 1999|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=Guard12>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/28/skyfall-james-bond-review|title=Skyfall β review|author=Philip French|author-link=Philip French|date=28 October 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 December 2013}}</ref> For ''Skyfall'' a {{convert|50|ft|m|0|abbr=off|adj=mid|-high}} model of the building was constructed at [[Pinewood Studios]].<ref name=SISBuild/> A special premiere of ''Skyfall'' was held at Vauxhall Cross for MI6 staff, who cheered when their headquarters was attacked in the film.{{sfn|Corera|2012|p=322}} Some filming for ''Spectre'' took place on the Thames near Vauxhall Cross in May 2015, with the fictional [[Controlled explosion|controlled demolition]] of the building playing a key role in the finale sequence of the film.<ref name=BBCMay15>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32777018|title=James Bond fans see filming of Spectre on River Thames in London|date=18 May 2015|publisher=BBC News|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
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