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“A Costa Rican Wedding”

The Hallmark Channel’s newest summer movie, A Costa Rican Wedding, premieres Saturday, August 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern Time/7 p.m. Central Time (though it was released earlier on Hallmark Movies Now). It stars Rhiannon Fish and Christopher Russell. Read on to learn all about the filming location and hear behind-the-scenes stories about the cast.

“A Costa Rican Wedding” was filmed in Costa Rica

According to IMDb, A Costa Rican Wedding was filmed on location in Costa Rica, including Punta Leona, Puntarenas, Tabacon, La Fortuna, Sarapiqui, River Tarcoles and Jaco.

There is a lot of interesting information about the film on IMDb, including:

• At one point, the flood on the Tarcoles River came faster than expected and the crew had to abandon filming and move elsewhere.
• Fish and Russell performed their own stunts.
• Fish told Digital Journal that “all the locations and all the creations were 100 percent real.” IMDb noted that there was a real viper on set, but it was disguised and therefore only seen in one shot.
• A real tarantula was filmed on Fish, IMDb and TV Fanatic reported.
• Russell told Us Weekly that an alligator featured in the film “just lives in this river.”
• They could only reach the secret beach location by boat, but a rowing class and two family groups were already there when the crew arrived.
• The wedding location was not easy to reach. The crew had to hike and then cross a river on a raft.
• They had set off a real landslide, Fish told Us Weekly.

Marysela Zamora of the National Film Commission said the film brought in around $300,000 for Costa Rica, largely due to the use of local labor and talent, Tico Times reported. This included actors, actresses and service professionals who worked in areas such as wardrobe, camera operation, catering, transportation and accommodation.

Fish joked on Instagram: “The above scenes were cut because Chris can’t sit on a surfboard.”

She also posted a picture with the caption “pura vida”.

Russell posted a similar picture.

Fish also posted a video that includes plenty of behind-the-scenes footage.

And she shared a video of the infamous tarantula.

Maureen Kedes posted a photo of the cast together during a photo shoot.

In another video, Fish gets a lot of laughs as she explains what she had to do on set.

Meet the cast

The Hallmark synopsis reads: “A clumsy maid of honor gets help from her handsome nemesis when things go wrong at her best friend’s wedding in Costa Rica.”

Rhiannon Fish According to her bio, she made her film debut as Lisa Jeffries in the soap opera “Neighbours”. She later played the role of Rocky in the Disney Channel series “As the Bell Rings” and played Laura in “Playing for Charlie”. From 2010 to 2013, she played April Scott in “Home and Away”. Fish also competed in season 13 of “Dancing with the Stars” and joined the recurring cast of “The 100” in 2016 as Ontari.

Fish has been open about her mental health struggles, including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and a past eating disorder. She spoke openly about the emotional toll the entertainment industry can take on actors, mentioning how she has witnessed Los Angeles “destroying” people, Hit.com.au reported.

Christopher Russell is a well-known actor whose career spans over 60 films, with his roles mostly in romantic comedies, according to his bio. He has also dabbled in other genres, including horror and crime. While in high school, Russell won the Sears Drama Festival Award of Excellence.

According to Hallmark’s press release, other main roles in the film include:

• Brittany Carel (Phoebe)
• Cj Hammond (Jamal)
• Kourtney George (Tyesha)
• Maureen Kedes (Sue)
• Gregory M. Mitchell (Harold)
• Jon Briddell (Bruce)
• Jodi Beck (Bonnie)
• Pedro Jose Sanchez Rovira (Estaban)
• Fernando Bolanos (Shane)
• Juliana Wimbles (Camille)