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Gal Gadot Shares Trailer for New Movie ‘The Runner,’ Disrupted by Anti-Israel Activists While Filming in London

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    Gal Gadot in “The Runner.” Photo: Amazon MGM Studios

    Israeli actress Gal Gadot shared on Thursday the first trailer for her new film “The Runner,” a London-based psychological thriller that had its film set repeatedly disrupted by anti-Israel activists during production last year.

    In the film from Amazon MGM Studios, Gadot plays Maia Marten, a high-powered lawyer threatened by an anonymous caller who has kidnapped her son. Maia is ordered to navigate the streets of London on foot and kill a client she represents in order to save her abducted son. “The Runner” is directed by Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald and written by Mark Gibson. The cast includes Damian Lewis, Rory Wilmot and Alfred Enoch.

    ”Set against the backdrop of London’s hyper-connected streets, ‘The Runner’ is a visceral, high-stakes race where every second counts, every choice carries a price, and a mother’s unstoppable love becomes the most dangerous weapon of all,” according to an official description of the film.

    Gadot shared a trailer for “The Runner” in an Instagram post and wrote in the caption about how filming the thriller took a toll on her.

    “‘The Runner’ challenged me in ways I never expected. It demanded everything from me – physically, emotionally, and personally,” she wrote. “There were moments I questioned how we’d get to the finish line. But that’s the thing about making films. Behind every frame are people who keep showing up. Choosing courage over fear. Curiosity over noise. The work over everything else. I’m incredibly proud of what we created together, and I can’t wait for you to finally see it.”

    While filming “The Runner” last year in central London, local police arrested five anti-Israel protesters who tried to disrupt her film set in various parts of the city, The Algemeiner previously reported. Metropolitan Police said the individuals were arrested for harassment and other offenses related to wrongfully and unlawfully obstructing access to a workplace. The arrested individuals targeted Gadot’s filming locations “solely because an actress involved in the production is Israeli,” police explained.

    At one film set in London, Gadot was forced to be escorted away as anti-Israel protesters waved Palestinian flags and yelled “Stop bombing Palestine.”

    “The Runner” will be released on Prime Video on Sept. 2. Watch the trailer below.

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