The limited space inside of the ambulance required Jake Gyllenhaal to hold the camera for a couple of takes.
On the first day of filming, while shooting footage of the ambulance driving on a freeway, Michael Bay noticed several patrol officers and three motorcycle cops. He asked them if they wanted to star, to which they agreed, and used the opportunity to sweet-talk the officers into creating a rolling roadblock, allowing them to close the freeway for free instead of having to pay a fee of $350-400,000.
The helicopter chase sequence in the Los Angeles River was not in the script; Michael Bay came up with the idea over the weekend after two helicopters became available for use. The scene was shot in 2 and a half hours with the help of helicopter pilot Fred North. Instead of hiring stuntmen for the sequence, Jake Gyllenhaal was actually hanging off the side of the ambulance's door and shooting at the helicopters himself while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was driving.
Surprised by the sudden and speedy filming of the scene, Abdul-Mateen live-streamed the event to his friend as he was driving and later told Bay it was the "craziest shit I've ever done."
Surprised by the sudden and speedy filming of the scene, Abdul-Mateen live-streamed the event to his friend as he was driving and later told Bay it was the "craziest shit I've ever done."
Removing the bullet at all cost is a Hollywood myth and does not help a gunshot wound injury apart from potentially worsening the bleed if not done in the proper setting.