Where was ‘Black Mirror’ episode ‘Beyond The Sea’ filmed?
nme.comBlack Mirror returned with five new episodes in 2023.Created by Charlie Brooker, the dystopian anthology series is known for its satirical swipes at society’s relationship with technology.
The show originally began on Channel 4 in 2011, before shifting over to Netflix from season three onwards in 2016.In the show’s sixth season, an episode titled Beyond The Sea follows two astronauts Cliff (Aaron Paul) and David (Josh Hartnett) on a deep space mission, who catch up with their life back home through replica androids.Directed by John Crowley, the episode also stars Kate Mara, Rory Culkin and Auden Thornton.As confirmed to NME, the countryside manor where Cliff and Lana live with their son Henry was filmed in the seaside town of Whitstable, Kent during last summer’s heatwave.
The sequence where Lana goes shopping with David, meanwhile, was filmed in Rye, East Sussex.The spaceship interior was built in Twickenham, using the same soundstage where The Beatles recorded ‘Get Back’, as reported by Esquire.
The scenes with David’s family, including the massacre, were shot in Valencia, Spain.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about filming the Charles Manson-esque murder scene, Hartnett said: “We were only there for three nights of filming.
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