Sadly, this is just an urban legend. It originated on IMDB as unsubstantiated trivia. It is true that he had to do a moment of silence in the turtle suit, but this was weeks after 9/11.
But there were scenes in 28 days later filmed on 9/11, and apparently the tragedy entirely reshaped the movie.
Also Francis Ford Coppola had a second-unit camera team filming in NYC that day, which is where some of the higher quality footage comes from.
Why is Mitch McConnell on the thumbnail?
Source? Or is this just a pretty lame joke?
https://www.avclub.com/yes-dana-carvey-prayed-about-9-11-while-in-his-master-1850310338
“I’m dressed as the Turtle Man, and I’m holding hands, and I’m lowering my head and praying, and I just thought at the moment: ‘This is very strange.’”
(And here’s where we should be very clear that the Turtle Club scene was not, despite what people say sometimes, actually filmed on 9/11; production on the film hadn’t started when the attacks happened, and didn’t begin until a few weeks after. The Turtle Club was just the first scene to be filmed.)
I always thought it was as well. Glad to be set straight.
