If by any chance you stay in Zagreb for the 1 May holiday and decide to take a walk near the Mimara Museum or a high school athletics field in Klaićeva Street, you could easily find yourselves face to face with Hollywood stars like Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson or Ryan Reynolds. Although there is no official confirmation, you could also meet Hollywood great Morgan Freeman, reports Jutarnji List on March 27, 2019.
The Croatian capital will be one of the locations for the filming of a sequel to action thriller-comedy “The Hitman’s Bodyguard 2”, or “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard”, directed by Patrick Hughes.
The negotiations are in an advanced phase, the locations in Zagreb have been selected, and the shooting should last until May 12, mainly in the area around the Mimara Museum. It is expected that the traffic will be redirected in surrounding streets. The scenes with Hayek, Jackson and Reynolds should be filmed in the Mimara Museum itself. Additionally, the producers were interested in the location of the west train station, and it is almost certain that some scenes will be filmed in trams.
In the movie, Zagreb will play itself, unlike other parts of Croatia where the film will also be shot. Some of the scenes will be filmed in Rovinj, which is expected to play the Italian Amalfi coast. In addition to Rovinj and Zagreb, one of the locations is Rijeka.
There are no further details at this moment, including whether the rumours that the legendary actor Morgan Freeman will join the cast are true or not.
For now, it is certain that the filming caravan will arrive in Rovinj on 4 April and that they have requested location permits for the filming. Which actors will film in which town will not be known until the very start of the shoot.
Translated from Jutarnji List (reported by Tomislav Mamić, Marija Lokas).
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