The Mayor of Salamanca names the director and two producers of the series «Still Star Crossed» as Distinguished Guests
Director Michael Offer and producers Sara Fischer and Betsy Beers have received, during an event held in the City Hall's Reception Hall, recognition for their contribution to the promotion and dissemination of the city's image, heritage, and values.
The municipal leader highlighted the anticipation with which the city has welcomed a series that can reach millions of people and encouraged the filming crew to continue discovering the corners, streets, and squares of Salamanca, urging them to convey the cultural, heritage, and gastronomic richness of Salamanca in their places of origin.
The municipal leader highlighted the anticipation with which the city has welcomed a series that can reach millions of people and encouraged the filming crew to continue discovering the corners, streets, and squares of Salamanca, urging them to convey the cultural, heritage, and gastronomic richness of Salamanca in their places of origin.
The Mayor of Salamanca, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, today named the director of the series “Still Star Crossed,” Michael Offer, and producers Sara Fischer and Betsy Beers, who are in the city for the filming of the pilot episode, as Distinguished Guests of the city of Salamanca.
Fernández Mañueco thanked the choice of Salamanca for the aforementioned filming by such prestigious production companies as ABC Network, ABC Studios, Shondaland, and Calle Cruzada, responsible for the Spanish production.
The municipal leader, after highlighting that this initiative represents significant international projection for the city, referred to the anticipation with which everyone has welcomed a series that can reach millions of people. He also expressed his confidence that this opportunity will continue and that Salamanca will remain a setting for stories, events, life, and the future.
During the event, the mayor encouraged the filming crew to take advantage of their visit to Salamanca to continue discovering its corners, streets, and squares, and urged them to be our ambassadors abroad.
In this regard, he asked them to convey in their places of origin the great monumental and cultural wealth, the rich and varied gastronomy, and that it is a hospitable city suitable for hosting the filming of cinematic productions.
Romantic Renaissance Verona
For a few days, Salamanca transforms into the romantic Renaissance Verona that inspired Shakespeare in one of the world's best-known love stories, that of Romeo and Juliet. Specifically, Still Star-Crossed is an adaptation of Melinda Taub's eponymous novel, set in the 16th century, which serves as a sequel to Romeo and Juliet and tells the stories, betrayals, conspiracies, and romances of the Capulet and Montague families after the couple's death.
The story continues with Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), Juliet's beautiful and intelligent cousin, who, after the death of her parents, is taken in by her aunt and uncle and forced to work as a servant and marry a member of the Montagues, Benvolio (Wade Briggs). For this purpose, the Cathedral, the Pontifical University, the Patio de Escuelas Mayores y Menores, La Clerecía, the Dominican Convent, Anaya Palace, the Casa de las Conchas, Santo Tomás Cantuariense, and Compañía Street are some of the chosen settings.
Terence Coombs (Reign) and Zuleikha Robinson (The Following) are other actors who will participate in this pilot episode, written by Heather Mitchel – who has worked on the series Scandal – directed by Michael Offer (HTGAWM) and produced by ABC Studios and ShondaLand, responsible for successful series such as the aforementioned or, among others, Grey's Anatomy.
Calle Cruzada, which also filmed the movie 1492 in Salamanca under the direction of Ridley Scott, represents the Spanish production in this series. It is one of the main production companies that attracts the highest number of international projects.
Distinguished Guest
The title of Distinguished Guest is regulated in article 160 of chapter five of the Organic and Operating Regulations of the Salamanca City Council and establishes that this title “may be granted to exceptional Spanish or foreign personalities who, due to their outstanding merits, extraordinary services in any activity, and as a token of the high regard they deserve, visit the city of Salamanca”.
Fernández Mañueco thanked the choice of Salamanca for the aforementioned filming by such prestigious production companies as ABC Network, ABC Studios, Shondaland, and Calle Cruzada, responsible for the Spanish production.
The municipal leader, after highlighting that this initiative represents significant international projection for the city, referred to the anticipation with which everyone has welcomed a series that can reach millions of people. He also expressed his confidence that this opportunity will continue and that Salamanca will remain a setting for stories, events, life, and the future.
During the event, the mayor encouraged the filming crew to take advantage of their visit to Salamanca to continue discovering its corners, streets, and squares, and urged them to be our ambassadors abroad.
In this regard, he asked them to convey in their places of origin the great monumental and cultural wealth, the rich and varied gastronomy, and that it is a hospitable city suitable for hosting the filming of cinematic productions.
Romantic Renaissance Verona
For a few days, Salamanca transforms into the romantic Renaissance Verona that inspired Shakespeare in one of the world's best-known love stories, that of Romeo and Juliet. Specifically, Still Star-Crossed is an adaptation of Melinda Taub's eponymous novel, set in the 16th century, which serves as a sequel to Romeo and Juliet and tells the stories, betrayals, conspiracies, and romances of the Capulet and Montague families after the couple's death.
The story continues with Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), Juliet's beautiful and intelligent cousin, who, after the death of her parents, is taken in by her aunt and uncle and forced to work as a servant and marry a member of the Montagues, Benvolio (Wade Briggs). For this purpose, the Cathedral, the Pontifical University, the Patio de Escuelas Mayores y Menores, La Clerecía, the Dominican Convent, Anaya Palace, the Casa de las Conchas, Santo Tomás Cantuariense, and Compañía Street are some of the chosen settings.
Terence Coombs (Reign) and Zuleikha Robinson (The Following) are other actors who will participate in this pilot episode, written by Heather Mitchel – who has worked on the series Scandal – directed by Michael Offer (HTGAWM) and produced by ABC Studios and ShondaLand, responsible for successful series such as the aforementioned or, among others, Grey's Anatomy.
Calle Cruzada, which also filmed the movie 1492 in Salamanca under the direction of Ridley Scott, represents the Spanish production in this series. It is one of the main production companies that attracts the highest number of international projects.
Distinguished Guest
The title of Distinguished Guest is regulated in article 160 of chapter five of the Organic and Operating Regulations of the Salamanca City Council and establishes that this title “may be granted to exceptional Spanish or foreign personalities who, due to their outstanding merits, extraordinary services in any activity, and as a token of the high regard they deserve, visit the city of Salamanca”.