Salamanca reaches the great American public with Still Star Crossed
The American network ABC premieres today, in prime time, “Still Star Crossed,” a series that narrates the struggle between Capulets and Montagues and has one of its main locations: Salamanca. The work is signed by Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder…) and Heather Mitchell, who based her scripts on the eponymous work by Melinda Taub.
Compañía street, Patio Chico, Anaya Square, and the Courtyard of the Major and Minor Schools are among the exterior locations; as for interiors, filming took place in the New Cathedral, Old Cathedral, Convent of the Dominicans, Pontifical University, Anaya Palace, Santo Tomás Cantuariense, Basilica of Santa Teresa (Alba de Tormes), Clerecía, and Casa de las Conchas.
From early February 2016 until the end of the year, the Salamanca City Council, through the Salamanca Film Commission, worked with the production company Calle Cruzada on the transformation of the locations as well as the filming needs.
Salamanca became the Verona that inspired Shakespeare for one of the most well-known love stories in cinema and literature, that of Romeo and Juliet. Still Star-Crossed is specifically an adaptation of Melinda Taub's eponymous work, set in the 16th century, serving as a sequel to Romeo and Juliet and following the stories, betrayals, conspiracies, and romances of the Capulets and Montagues after the couple's death. The story would follow Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), Juliet's beautiful and intelligent cousin, when, after the death of her parents, she is taken in by her aunts and uncles, forced to work as a servant, and finally, also forced to marry a member of the Montagues, Benvolio (Wade Briggs). In addition to Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens) and Clara Rugaard in the roles of Romeo and Juliet, the production features Madalion Rahimi (The Catch), Sterling Sulieman (Pretty Little Liars), Grant Bowler (Defiance), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Zuleikha Robinson (Lost).
Compañía street, Patio Chico, Anaya Square, and the Courtyard of the Major and Minor Schools are among the exterior locations; as for interiors, filming took place in the New Cathedral, Old Cathedral, Convent of the Dominicans, Pontifical University, Anaya Palace, Santo Tomás Cantuariense, Basilica of Santa Teresa (Alba de Tormes), Clerecía, and Casa de las Conchas.
From early February 2016 until the end of the year, the Salamanca City Council, through the Salamanca Film Commission, worked with the production company Calle Cruzada on the transformation of the locations as well as the filming needs.
Salamanca became the Verona that inspired Shakespeare for one of the most well-known love stories in cinema and literature, that of Romeo and Juliet. Still Star-Crossed is specifically an adaptation of Melinda Taub's eponymous work, set in the 16th century, serving as a sequel to Romeo and Juliet and following the stories, betrayals, conspiracies, and romances of the Capulets and Montagues after the couple's death. The story would follow Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), Juliet's beautiful and intelligent cousin, when, after the death of her parents, she is taken in by her aunts and uncles, forced to work as a servant, and finally, also forced to marry a member of the Montagues, Benvolio (Wade Briggs). In addition to Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens) and Clara Rugaard in the roles of Romeo and Juliet, the production features Madalion Rahimi (The Catch), Sterling Sulieman (Pretty Little Liars), Grant Bowler (Defiance), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Zuleikha Robinson (Lost).