Filmed in Romania?
I live in New England and there's no way anywhere in Romania can duplicate it. So just like Cold Mountain Sons of Liberty will not look or feel like America.
shareIt also features a Romanian playing Richard Henry Lee, and considering that the Lees were continental elites as one of Virginia's First Families it seems like a very bizarre choice indeed. I think most of our the big names are being played by European actors. It just strikes me as odd, and not because I'm a "Rah Rah 'Murica" type either. It's just...well it's interesting. Now to hear that it was filmed in Romania as well I wonder if it was developed by a European production company.
To be honest the whole thing looks a bit dubious anyway. John and Sam Adams and John Hancock young and studly? Not unless the story predates the Revolution by a good 15-20 years. I expect this to be far more fictional entertainment than history.
If you want to see how most of these characters looked, check out John Singleton Copley's portraits. He was Boston's leading portrait artist but left in 1774; the London Art Scene had more to offer a man of his talents. But he painted most of the lead characters in the show--Patriots, Loyalists & British. And he did it during the period in which the show is set--or a couple of years earlier.
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has a good selection. http://www.mfa.org/collections/search?f[0]=field_artists%253Afield_artist%3A2666&f[1]=field_collections%3A3 (To see Paul Revere & General & Mrs Gage, Google!) John Hancock was a distinguished fellow & very well dressed. Joseph Warren also wore a wig--befitting his profession--which ages him; look at his face--he wasn't that old. John Adams didn't have a Copley portrait until years later, when he was ambassador to Britain after the Revolution--perhaps he couldn't afford one as a young lawyer with a growing family. Even as a young guy, he was a bit of a schlub. The one I have a major problem with Samuel Adams--that stern fellow looks nothing like the hunky actor playing him. And he was cleanshaven--as was every man in those days.
Neither this show nor Turn could be shot where the original events occurred; cities & suburbia have replaced towns & countryside. So Turn is shot in Virginia. This show could have found American locations but it was probably cheaper to shoot in Romania. I'm more concerned about the writing than the scenery....
I know the work of most of the English cast; there's a great deal of talent among them. At least the acting will be really good.
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