Salou will host next June 8 part of the filming of an international production about The Beatles, a project directed by Sam Mendes that will also pass through Barcelona and its metropolitan area. La Costa Daurada will serve as a setting to recreate environments from the 1960s.
The filming will include sequences on Salou beach, one of the chosen points to set this new cinematic venture focused on the trajectory of the members of the British group. The film stars Paul Mescal and is part of a broader development driven by Mendes, which foresees several installments linked to the band's history.
The Costa Daurada as a period setting
The choice of Salou is part of the search for locations capable of fitting with the aesthetics of the sixties. The project will take advantage of different spaces of the Costa Daurada to build that atmosphere, with special prominence of the coastline.
In addition to the days planned in the Tarragona municipality, filming will also extend to Barcelona and its metropolitan area, within the production deployment planned for this story of international scope.
A casting for extras in beach scenes
Facing the recordings, the temporary employment agency Penélope organized last month a selection process to incorporate extras. The call was aimed at women between 18 and 35 years old, of any nationality and without visible tattoos, with the forecast to participate in beach scenes in bikini or swimsuit.
That casting was part of the preparation of the sequences planned on the coast, where the team seeks an image consistent with the era that the film recreates. Salou thus joins the Catalan locations chosen for a production that aims to reconstruct the universe of The Beatles from various approaches.