Gal Gadot forced to leave her luxurious £2K-a-night London hotel

Gal Gadot forced to leave her luxurious £2K-a-night London hotel
Source: Daily Mail Online

Gal Gadot has reportedly been forced to leave her £2K-a-night Hertfordshire hotel after it was invaded by the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars ahead of their game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

The Israeli actress, 40, who is in the UK reshooting scenes for new thriller The Runner, had been 'living the high life' at the very swanky Grove Hotel in Watford.

The lavishly luxurious hotel boasts a spa, golf course, five restaurants as well as the option of staying in the main building or opting for a private cottage.

However once the team arrived they were said to have taken over the majority of the swanky facilities, resulting in Gal and her team packing up and shipping out.

A source said: 'Gal was living the high life in The Grove and was perfectly happy. It's a beautiful hotel and is so well-appointed'.
'It was the perfect place for her to stay during filming, once the Jaguars touched down, though, they were in the same hotel and they basically took over the pool, saunas and the steam room'.

Gal Gadot has reportedly been forced to leave her £2K-a-night Hertfordshire hotel after it was invaded by the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars ahead of their game at Wembley Stadium.

The Israeli actress, who is in the UK reshooting scenes for new thriller The Runner, had been 'living the high life' at the very swanky Grove Hotel in Watford (Jacksonville Jaguars pictured).

The lavishly luxurious hotel boasts a spa, golf course, five restaurants as well as the option of staying in the main building or opting for a private cottage.

They told The Sun: 'It meant that those facilities were pretty much out of bounds for other clients ahead of the game on Sunday'.

Daily Mail have contacted Gal Gadot's representatives and the hotel for comment.

Last week the actress resumed work on her latest film after a wave of anti-Israel protests delayed production for several weeks.

Exclusive photographs from the London set of political thriller The Runner reveal the Israeli star was back in action amid tightened security on set and increased Metropolitan Police presence to deter activists.

The set, which moved from Camden to east London for a 'secret day of filming' to thwart protests, saw the actress filming a dramatic scene in which she was thrown out of the back of a moving ambulance while badly injured.

Her presence on set comes despite suggestions in June that she could boycott the capital after being left 'scarred' by persistent demonstrations by pro-Palestinian activists, which had left those working on the movie increasingly exasperated and set back the production schedule.

Several activists were arrested at a filming site in Westminster in June for attempting to disrupt the production, while others shared filming locations on social media.

Gal has been accused by protesters of 'normalising war criminals' because of her past support for her country of birth and mandatory service in the Israel Defence Forces.

However once the team arrived they were said to have taken over the majority of the swanky facilities, resulting in Gal and her team packing up and shipping out.

'It was the perfect place for her to stay during filming, once the Jaguars touched down, though, they were in the same hotel and they basically took over the pool, saunas'

But the pictures showed the Wonder Woman star was defying the activists by continuing to work on the film, which also stars Homeland's Damian Lewis.

She plays a high-powered lawyer who is forced to race through London to save her abducted son while following cryptic commands from a mysterious caller.

Dressed in black sports leggings, trainers and a blue zip-up top for the night-time shoot, she was seen sweating and bloodied as she bent over to be sick for one scene.

But she was all smiles elsewhere on set, chatting and laughing with the production team dressed in an ankle-length padded coat.

There was a noticeable police presence around the site, with uniformed officers and a police van parked nearby.

The increased security comes after insiders from the film were said to have become frustrated by what they saw as a lack of action by officers after the production was repeatedly besieged by protests over at least 20 days earlier this year.

One activist, circulating details of a filming location in Canary Wharf, east London, wrote on social media: 'No to IDF soldiers in our city. No normalising war criminals!! Free Palestine.'

Protesters also held signs which read 'Trash Gadot not welcome in London' and 'Stop starving Gaza'.