One of the biggest reasons Pantera feels unusually authentic is that director Christian Gudegast researched real diamond robberies extensively. He specifically studied the infamous 2003 Antwerp Diamond Heist, traveled to Belgium in 2019 and spoke with investigators who had worked on diamond-heist cases. He also traveled through the Balkans and met people connected to the criminal world to better understand how professional thieves think and operate.
The movie was largely filmed in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which was transformed to resemble locations around southern Europe and the French Riviera. The production even built sets for the diamond vault and police offices inside an old warehouse.
The spectacular car shootout was also unusually complicated. The filmmakers used Porsche Taycan electric cars, with stunt drivers positioned on the roofs so the actors could appear to drive while the production captured the action from inside the vehicles.
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“Pantera” isn’t a reference to the heavy-metal band. The word means “panther” in Spanish and connects directly to the movie’s criminal group, the Panthers, who are inspired by the real-life Pink Panthers, an international network associated with major jewelry robberies.
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