| Major Hollywood productions are now being made in Romania, featuring stars like Nicole Kidman, Wesley Snipes, Donald Sutherland and Armand Assante. Romania has two major private film studios, Castel Film and Mediapro Studios. They both have seen a boom in business thanks to the American movies being shot there. The $14 million film Modigliani with Andy Garcia in the role of the Italian painter was shot at Mediapro Studios, one of the largest media and entertainment groups in Eastern Europe. The $25 million film Highlander Endgame, starring Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul was produced at Castel Film. Buts its not only American celebrities that come to Romania to shoot movies, the European film makers are also being attracted. Frances most famous living male actor, Gerard Depardieu, has just arrived at Bucharest to begin the filming of a TV movie called Les Rois Maudits Many American celebrities who come to the country have fallen in love with the spectacular scenery, the friendly people and the beauty of women. Wesley Snipes who came to Romania for his latest movie Seven Seconds, said he loved the country so much that he came back for a private visit to Dracula castle, in Transylvania. Armand Assantes passion for beautiful women has drawn him back to Romania. After shooting a movie in Bucharest, he returned to the Balkan country several times, attending a beauty contest and spending time on the Black Sea coast, in the Olimp resort. June 2005 |
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