Zakim Bridge to get a role in Tom Cruise movie

Evan Richman/The Boston Globe/File 2002

Ready for a closeup?

By Globe Staff

Look out, Hollywood! Here comes the Zakim Bridge.

The bland press release issued by the state advises that "Drivers should expect intermittent delays on I-93 North and South on the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge between 3 pm and 5 pm on Sunday, October 11, 2009."

But the Globe's Names column reports that the reality is much more interesting: Producers of the big-budget film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz that has been filming in the area are planning to land a helicopter on the bridge.

Drivers traversing the city on the major artery might grumble. But look on the bright side, the column says, the original plan was to overturn an 18-wheeler on the bridge.