As part of Variety’s “Making a Scene,” presented by HBO, the “ Slow Horses ” cast and crew, including Gary Oldman , Christopher Chung , director Saul Metzstein , and writer and executive producer Will Smith, broke down the show’s dramatic scene in which beloved character Roddy Ho (Chung) drives a bus through a house. In fact, witnessing Chung crash this bus through a house was so eagerly anticipated by the cast and crew that operations set up picnic tables for everyone to watch, and Smith even brought his family to observe. “Something like [crashing a bus] brings the whole production in one spot for something ridiculous but fun,” said Chung.
“It’s wonderful.” The British spy thriller based on Mick Herron’s novel of the same name, “Slow Horses” follows a group of disgraced MI5 agents known as the “Slow Horses,” who are reassigned to a dumping ground department of MI5 called Slough House and are determined to get back into the game. Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the slovenly (yet effective) head of Slough House.
Each season of the series follows a book in Herron’s Slough House series, which helped a few actors during prep time. Having read the book before filming Season 3, Chung said he expected the big bus moment to be cut altogether or replicated by CGI due to logistical difficulties. One of the earliest concepts for executing the scene involved footage of the bus driving from outside.
However, during the editing process, Metzstein realized this.