Celine Dion: She shot her scenes alone on the green screen in Love Again!

In her first film role as an actress, Celine Dion shares a poster for the romantic comedy Love Again: Little, Many, Passionately opposite Priyanka Chopra Jonas (The Citadel) and Sam Heughan (Outlander). In Jim Strouse’s film, the singer gives love advice to Sam Heughan.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas plays Meera, a children’s book writer and illustrator trying to come to terms with the death of her fiance. The latter sends romantic messages to her dead love’s phone number without realizing that the number has been given to Rob Burns, played by Sam Heughan.

Music journalist Robbie is fascinated by the sincerity of this epistolary confession. When he’s tasked with writing a lookalike for megastar Celine Dion, he enlists her help figuring out how to meet Mira face-to-face…and win her heart.

If the image shows a Scottish comedian and an Indian actor sharing a few scenes with the translator All by myselfThese two actors were never actually filmed Celine Dion.

Separate frame and green screen

during the interview Entertainment WeeklySam Heughan explains that the film was made in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, when travel was banned. As a result, the singer filmed her scenes in Canada while other actors were in the UK (the film is supposed to be set in New York).

“We were shooting during the pandemic and obviously it was very difficult for people to travel at that time, so we shot a lot of the film on a sound stage and on a green screen. This was one of the challenges that had to be addressed during the pandemic.

We were in our own bubble in the UK and Celine was in Canada.

We were in our own bubble in the UK and Celine was in Canada. It was difficult, but I think they showed a lot of creativity and with the magic of editing, these scenes really work. Celine is a real professional, that’s why she worked.”

The singer, who once again had to postpone his European tour due to health problems, moreover, he could not pass up the risk of traveling and catching Covid.

Technology plays an important role in the film and that’s why it proved to be very useful in making this romantic comedy.

Comedians also explain that they were not allowed to stay in one room for more than 25 minutes.

Priyanka Chopra told the magazine: “It was crazy at the time. It was difficult, but it was a terrible time for everyone. As actors, we had to remove the mask on the set and I was scared at first. But we were doing a romantic comedy, we had to bring lightness.”

Still, despite the heavy protocols associated with the pandemic, filming love was still a pressure relief valve for the film crew, as noted. Sam Heughan :

“I think we were all ready for that. After imprisonment and isolation, everyone was ready to find joy again. That’s why this movie came at the right time. I think we all need a movie like this and a message like this, especially after the pandemic and everything that’s going on in the world. “

Love Again is in theaters now.