The Legend of Zorro is a 2005 American Western movie directed by Martin Campbell, produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and Lloyd Phillips, with music by James Horner and written by Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is a sequel to the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro; Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones will reprise their roles as the titular hero and his wife Elena, and Rufus Sewell will star as the villain, Count Armand.
Alejandro de la Vega, who has spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, now faces his greatest challenge yet: his loving wife Elena has thrown him out of the house! Elena filed for divorce and found solace in the arms of Count Armand, a dashing French aristocrat.
Alejandro knows something she doesn’t: Armand is the evil mastermind of a terrorist plot to destroy the United States. And so, with his marriage and the future of the county at stake, it’s up to Zorro to save the two bonds before it’s too late.
Where Was The Legend of Zorro Movie Filmed?
‘The Legend of Zorro’ was filmed in San Mateo County, California, the film was filmed in San Luis Potosí, Mexico with second unit photography in Wellington, New Zealand. Now, know about The Legend of Zorro movie filming locations.
Mexico
Much of The Legend of Zorro film was shot in the city of San Luis Potos, located in the state of the same name in north-central Mexico. The state capital is known for its ornate churches, old bridges, and breathtaking views of the enchanting green valleys.
The location is a perfect location for filming due to the region’s large plots of land, which resonated with the director’s vision for the film. The famous “burning scene”, horse chase scenes, dance scenes, and several other scenes were filmed here.
In an interview with My Movies International, director Martin Campbell revealed the decision to choose San Luis Potos as the main filming location. “The lesson I learned from the first one was that I don’t travel that much.
So we shot the entire movie within a 2-mile radius where we built the entire townhouse in San Luis Potos and the entire studio around it. We used outbuildings for the set and whole houses for Antonio’s (Alejandro’s) ‘hacienda’ (Spanish for a large mansion with a residential house).”
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The director added: “I used the church that was there. We built San Francisco with a field next to it. The whole thing was well contained.” In addition to San Luis Potos, the production team shot several scenes in the area. Hacienda Gogorron in Villa de Reyes 79500, about an hour’s drive outside the city, also served as one of the filming locations.
New Zealand
“The Legend of Zorro.’ After filming reportedly wrapped in Mexico, the second unit filmed several shots and sequences in Wellington, New Zealand. The choice of location seemed quite natural, as Campbell is originally from Kiwi. Most of the sequences were shot at Peter Jackson’s Weta Workshop.
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Oscar-winning Weta Workshop is known for its special effects expert Richard Taylor. He worked in ‘King Kong’, ‘Lord of the Rings, ‘Heavenly Creatures’ and others. The film’s famous train brawl and explosion scene were filmed in Wellington.
Interestingly, the train was taken from a museum in Mexico so it couldn’t be blown up! A train model of the same design was created and subsequently blown up in the Weta Workshop.
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