Peninsula serves as the backdrop for HBO’s upcoming ‘Big Little Lies’


Look at the names attached to HBO’s upcoming mini-series “Big Little Lies”: Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, (Santa Cruz homeboy) Adam Scott, James Tupper. We could go on.
But for many viewers around the Monterey Bay, the star that’s going to get them to tune in isn’t to be found in the opening credits.
It’s the Monterey Peninsula.
HBO’s latest domestic drama – written by TV script wizard David E. Kelley and directed by Oscar-nominated Canadian Jean-Marc Vallee of “Dallas Buyers Club” – debuts on Feb. 19. And though it is not the film’s primary purpose, it will show the world a bit of what life is like on the Monterey Peninsula.
The Monterey County Film Commission is throwing a debut party on Feb. 19, where locals and film buffs can mingle before setting down to catch the 6 p.m. debut of the mini-series that was shot over the course of four weeks last winter and spring. The event will take place at the ballroom at the Carmel Mission Inn. Tickets are $5, but advance reservations are required, which can be secured at eventbrite.com.
Karen Nordstrand of the Film Commission said that the production team shot in Monterey, near Fisherman’s Wharf and Colton Hall, as well as some locations in Pacific Grove, Garrapatta State Beach and along Highway 1.
She said a location scout from HBO contacted her. “He said, ‘We have a chance to shoot up your way and maybe we could find a fit.’” The cast and crew originally arrived on the Peninsula for a shoot in January of 2016. “As it turned out,” said Nordstrand, “they liked it so much, they came back to add more location shots (in May).”
Based on a novel by Liane Moriarity, “Big Little Lies” is part melodramatic mystery, part black comedy that follows the lives of three mothers in flashbacks leading up to a shocking homicide. Kidman and Witherspoon play variations on affluent supermoms, while Woodley plays a struggling single mom new in town. Early reviews of the seven-episode series indicate that the Monterey Peninsula is more than an incidental setting, that it carries the weight of portraying the privileged lives of its character in a distinct way.
The Monterey County Film Commission is also using the occasion to mark its 30th anniversary. The Commission helps interested production companies and filmmakers coordinate shooting schedules in Monterey County, from the Peninsula to the Big Sur Coast to the Salinas Valley. It helps in procuring everything from catering to accommodations.
Monterey County has served as the backdrop for dozens of noted Hollywood films from “The Parent Trap” to “Play Misty for Me” to “Star Trek IV.” Nordstrand said that the four weeks of shooting in 2016 contributed as estimated $2.5 million to the county economy.

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