‘It was a mess’: Alyocha Schneider and Megan Northam reveal behind-the-scenes dramatic demonstration scene at Salade Greke

On Friday, April 14, Amazon Prime Video released Season 1 of Salade Grecque, the sequel to Cédric Klapisch’s film saga, The Spanish Inn, Russian Dolls and Chinese Puzzle. In this new chapter, we now follow the lives of Tom and Mia (Alyocha Schneider and Megan Northam, who answered our questions), the children of Xavier (Romain Duris) and Wendy (Kelly Reilly), the heroes of the film trilogy.

From “The Spanish Inn”…

At the beginning of the fiction, the young people’s maternal grandfather has sadly just died…bequeathing his grandchildren an estate in Athens, where Mia Erasmus is to study. Tom joins her to manage their shared inheritance and thereby fund her startup in New York. But once there, he discovers that Mia has dropped out of school, and her sister’s anti-capitalist activities will seriously complicate the common heritage!

In episode 2 of Salade Grecque, our duo of protagonists take part in an important demonstration that turns into an all-out fight. This impressive on-screen sequence required numerous extras, authorization confirmations and an entire day of filming… For AlloCiné, Megan Northam and her collaborators recalled the conditions of canning this powerful story moment.

… “Greek salad”

“I admit I was pleased with the rendering on the screen! Sometimes the environment can give the impression that it is less impressive than what we experienced and there, it is notThe actor was happy. So we were in the big, famous square of Athens. I think it’s rare to “privatize” it… We were about 200 people in the series!“

“It was a mess, there was a bit of improvisation during the fight! Cedric Clappy was meeting that day and wanted us to stay in the juiceMegan Northam explained to us. As a result, the filming was fast-paced and sometimes very violent (laughs). It was impressive.”

Demonstration, strikes and Covid!

The actor adds:Whoever played Pacho played the comedy too well and was amazed! It wasn’t hard to be afraid when you came at them… or wanting to hit them for that matter! (laughs)“But that’s not all, as an unexpected event unfortunately put a damper on what was already a hard day’s work…

Alyocha Schneider recalled with us:We were told the end of this difficult day – and our week by the way – and Megan ran up to me for a hug… and we parted ways!whybecause they told me i had covid Megan Northam reveals… It was a movie!“So, a shooting full of emotions!