| Why did they choose Maimi for Burn Notice; read to find out | |
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| purplefreak3 | Jun 19 2009, 06:18 PM Post #1 |
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Below is the call transcript of the tele-conference that took place January 21st 2009 of Producer Matt Nix explaining how Miami Florida got choosen as the filming location for Burn Notice. C. Nyholm: My question is about your shooting in Miami. Of all the places in the world where people wouldn’t really want to go, how did you come to decide to play Michael in Miami and have him trapped there? M. Nix: Well, I’ve told this story on other occasions, but the short version is basically I had the brilliant idea of putting it in Newark, and basically because I was sort of picking a city randomly, I thought, oh, you know, I’m exploring the psyche of this guy, and he came from this kind of dark place, and that’s what led him to be a spy, and so, you know, it felt like kind of a natural choice to have him come from this sort of gritty place where he was – you know, the mean streets of Newark, and then that led into a life as a spy. Then, as I was developing the show, USA kept pointing out that, A) they don’t really do things set in Newark. They’re kind of a blue sky network, and that's not their thing, and B) they kept observing that the thing they really liked about the show was that it was funny, and they were sort of like, we like that part, you know. Can you do more of that? And I was very resistant to it. But then, ultimately, they said we’d really like the show to be set someplace sunny like Miami. And then I kind of sat down, and at first I was very resistant to it. Then I thought, well, you know, I’m going to give this a shot. And what I discovered when I actually did it was that I had kind of been setting out, you know, writing the Newark version was kind of writing the fish in water story. You know, it makes sense. He’s a fish. He’s in water, you know. But taking that fish out of the water and putting this sort of gritty, dark spy in Miami allowed for ultimately a lot bigger contrast, a lot more fun. You know, my question to the network was just, hey, like, I’ll put it in Miami, but does he have to like being there? You know, can I make him a guy who doesn’t want to be in Miami? They said sure, whatever, you know, that sounds great. Whatever works for you, and make it fun for you creatively, and I did. And ultimately I was really glad that we set it in Miami because it allows us to explore a lot of these themes, but do it on a beach, and do it against a bright background, and I think it makes it sort of fun and keeps us from taking ourselves too seriously, so it turned out to be a central part of the show, and I do find myself in the odd position though for a writer to be, you know, thanking my lucky stars that I got that network note. But I do. |
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| ralphalf | Jun 25 2009, 09:09 AM Post #2 |
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Well the setting works out great. I've always enjoyed big cities next to beach settings. It's awesome because it gives you different scenarios you can do. Miami is a great choice. |
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| Serenity | Jun 29 2009, 04:11 PM Post #3 |
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Miami seems like a nice place for the series. Not sure if it is really appealing to actually go there but it looks that way from the show :P |
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