DIRECTOR Danny Boyle has discussed the inclusion of one of the world's most famous trees in his recently released horror hit.
Despite being filmed after its felling, Oscar-winning director Boyle decided to include the Sycamore Gap tree in zombie sequel 28 Years Later.
The world-famous tree, which can be seen on screen briefly on two occasions in the film, was recreated using CGI.
Boyle has said that it was incorporated in order to pay homage to the tree.
In a recent interview, Boyle said: "It had already been destroyed by the time we came to film, so we recreated it for the same reasons that you see the Queen in this… all the things that have happened to us in the last 28 years have not happened."
It was also a special tree for lots of people, with people known to have proposed beside it, scattered ashes underneath it and photographed it over many years.
Although it only pops up on screen for a matter of seconds, Boyle has said that it was a 'real privilege' to revive 'one of Northumberland's most beautiful icons'.
"So we've recreated it deliberately to say that it was still growing… which is a wonderful tribute," he adds.
The Sycamore Gap tree was felled in September 2023 by Carlisle friends Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers in an act later described in court as “deliberate and mindless criminal damage”.
