FWIW: the 1960’s version of The Thomas Crowne Affair starts out with an actual bank robbery. Only top bank staff & police were notified; hidden cameras were installed, and the scene filmed as actors actually carried out a genuine robbery - bank staff & customers had no idea what was happening, panicking & freaking out accordingly.
Wow, that’s kind of cool. Similar to the Jeff Gordon Pepsi commercial where he comes in to a car dealership in disguise as a small, weak looking guy who wants to buy a hot car. The dealer jumps in the passenger seat and Gordon screams out onto the road, which was closed off and camera’s strategically hidden.
Hilarity ensued as the dealer, who was not in on it (his boss was) yells and screams at him.
An automotive journalist wrote that the commercial had to be scripted and there was no way it was not fake. A few weeks later, he gets into a cab being driven by none other than Jeff Gordon in disguise for another Pepsi ad featuring fast driving.