While Roger Avary’s 1993 heist film “Killing Zoe” is set on the streets of Paris, the bank is actually located in Downtown Los Angeles. In fact, the film came about due to executive producer Lawrence Bender gaining access to a bank. He subsequently reached out to filmmaker Roger Avary to ask if he had any bank robbery scripts. Without actually having one, Avary promptly said yes and set about penning the film. Ironically, the bank initially scouted, setting the project into motion, was not ultimately used in the film. Instead, the Farmers & Merchants Bank was used.  It has also been seen in the films “(500) Days Of Summer,” “Spider-Man 3” and “Night Hunter.”

LOCATION: 401 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

The film is bookended by driving shots around Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe seen in the final shot of the film. It briefly appears again in Roger Avary’s “The Rules Of Attraction.”

LOCATION: Arc de Triomphe, Pl. Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France

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