“But how could we achieve the feeling that you weren’t outside looking in, but actually on the ice with the skaters? It was the biggest challenge. “When we were making Free Rein it was really important that the audience feel what it was like to actually be on the back of a horse riding over hills and dales and we wanted a similarly visceral feeling here, said exec Abela. Rather than offering a static shot of the action and big wide shots of stunt actors pulling off tricks, the producers insisted on getting as close to the actors on the ice as possible. The executive producers of Zero Chill used their experience on Netflix drama Free Rein to bring the magic and energy of ice skating alive for viewers.
“We came from all around the world - Canada, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany - so it was a great place for us all to come together.” It takes the viewers out onto the ice Ma added: “Where we were staying was right in the city centre, but it had a real small-town feel with a tight-knit community and it was a great place to go hang out after a day shooting and get to know each other as a cast. “It was an amazing source of inspiration for us.”
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“We would come into training and see all the pro figure skaters training and then the Sheffield Steelers doing their thing,” said Beedie. “Sheffield was so much fun,” says Canadian star Taylor.īeedie said that the Yorkshire locals were welcoming to all the cast and showed them all the best local coffee shops. Hartley joined the team to help with the skating and local ice hockey stars the Sheffield Steelers also consulted and helped as coaches. There was always a part of me that always missed it, so getting back on the ice was really special."Īfter a meeting Team GB’s figure skating coach David Hartley in Sheffield, the producers were offered the opportunity to use Sheffield’s ice arena to film the show. “Having the opportunity to come back to skating was incredible because I’ve always had the voice at the back of my head about ‘What if you had continued?’. “I started skating when I was about three years old and skated until I was about 11 competitively, but then I got a lot of injuries because I was training so much,” she said.
Jade Ma was quite emotional to get the chance to return to the ice for the series, after cutting ice skating career short due to injuries. “There were a few little bits and pieces that we weren’t allowed to do – for the figure skaters it was the jumps – but the hits in the hockey were allowed.
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“I had to put hockey to one side a bit to pursue acting, so for that to come full circle is absolutely insane,” said Taylor. By the end of it they had been so supercharged by the training programme that you just had to sit back in awe at the physical feats that the figure skaters were able to perform and the sheer speed, energy and power of the ice hockey players.”īeedie’s co-star and fellow Canadian Dakota Taylor grew up playing ice hockey and was happy to embrace the bumps and hard-hitting action of the sport all over again.
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The producers wanted actors with genuine skating talent to bring an authenticity to the series that CGI trickery couldn’t manage.īeedie and her co-stars were packed off for a nine-week training programme before filming, where they all spent every day either on the ice or in the gym.Įxec producer Angelo Abela said: “They also got to try each other’s sport out, so the figure skaters did some ice hockey training and vice versa.
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Rising Canadian star Grace Beedie began skating aged three and competed professional between the ages of 12 and 15, so not surprisingly she jumped at the opportunity to strap on the skates again for this Netflix series.
As soon I got that text, I said, ‘if there is a role where you have to skate, that is mine, I need that!’ “My agent texted me and said, ‘remind me what your skating experience is?’ I was just floored.
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