Hollywood stars descend on B.C. castle for 'Fate' film
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A British Columbia castle is hosting Hollywood royalty this week as filming gets underway on a supernatural love story spanning seven decades.
A British Columbia castle is hosting Hollywood royalty this week as filming gets underway on a supernatural love story spanning seven decades.
Actors Harvey Keitel, Faye Dunaway and Andrew McCarthy star in Fate, which is currently shooting at Hatley Castle, near Victoria, under the supervision of director Jonathan Baker.
The story centres on a firefighter who makes contact with a supernatural visitor while rehabilitating from a rescue mission gone wrong.
Rounding out the cast are Mena Suvari, Cheech Marin and Brandon Routh.
The Vancouver Island castle plays the part of a fictional hotel called 'The Vista,' sharing the duty with the very real Rosewood Hotel Georgia in Vancouver. But the director hadn't planned to do any filming in Canada, initially.
"I was in Newport, Rhode Island," Baker said in an on-set interview with CTV News after five years of development work to get the project film-ready.
The original location was to be Newport's historic Rosecliff mansion, but when a friend invited Baker to B.C., the director "fell in love" with what he saw.
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