British director Guy Ritchie and his actress wife Jacqui Ainsley visit Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on February 28, 2021. Guy Ritchie, Director of the movie "Five Eyes", which is still being shot in Antalya visited Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque and Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
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ANKARA
British director Guy Ritchie on Thursday hailed his time in Turkey and expressed a desire to make more films in the country.
The world-famous director has been shooting his latest movie “Five Eyes" in Turkey’s Antalya province.
Ritchie, known for films such as “Snatch,” “Sherlock Holmes,” “Sherlock Holmes: Shadow Plays” and “The Gentlemen,” shared a video and photos from his travels in the country on his social media account.
"Turkey in general has been a great revelation. I like the old world, and the older the world, the more I like it," he said in a Twitter post.
Turkey is something of a revelation: beautiful food, country, hotels and people. After two months of filming I’d like to shoot all my films here. pic.twitter.com/eNNYfdJjLl
— Guy Ritchie (@realguyritchie) March 17, 2021
Describing the country as "pretty sophisticated" as where you would want it to be, "but it has enough charm as the old world," he said the ancient city of Aspendos, which is located about 40 kilometers (about 25 miles) east of Antalya, "was magnificent."
In the video footage, Ritchie showed his office at the shooting site, saying: "This is my 2,000-year-old office. If I'm operating in the Roman ruins, I need my office to be in Roman ruins."
"I particularly like this location because it's kind of unique in terms of it being a ruin. This whole thing was a city. Some of it almost seems untouched," he said while showing around the area of filming.
"The place feels sort of still alive," he said. "We like Turkey, and if it's possible to make more films here, we will do so."
