When Was Sweet Tooth Filmed?
Sweet Tooth, the latest original series to grab Netflix audiences, tells the story of a young boy named Gus who is born during a devastating pandemic that wipes out most of the human race. While it sounds a little too close to reality at first, anyone whos watched the show knows its worth sticking with for all of Season 1. We were surprised how engaged we were with Sweet Tooth, even though its a show about a virus that wipes out most of humanity; its not something you want to contemplate as the real pandemic were suffering through winds to a close. But good performances and an adaptation that grounds things into some sort of reality saves the show from eye-rolling preciousness, Deciders Joel Keller wrote in his Sweet Tooth review. If youve already seen Sweet Tooth, youre probably left with a few questions about when the show was filmed, where it took place, and who brings the characters to life onscreen. Heres what you need to know. The Netflix hit only just premiered earlier this month, but it was first filmed back in 2019. Sweet Tooth paused production after completing the pilot episode, which was originally set to premiere on Hulu, and picked up back up in 2020, when the series was headed to Netflix. They completed the rest of Season 1 last year, starting in July 2020 and taking a pause due to Covid, then starting back up again in September and ending in December. Sweet Tooth was filmed in New Zealand. The show was planning to only film one episode there, but eventually decided to stick with the location for all of Season 1. We did the first episode in New Zealand, producer Susan Downey told BBC. And we actually thought we may shoot the rest of the series somewhere else. But everybody fell in love with shooting there. She added, Theres an exaggerated quality about the universe that we built, but thats true to New Zealand as well. Everything is just a little brighter and larger than you would expect, it had everything that we needed.  Because Sweet Tooth was filmed mostly during the Covid pandemic, the team behind the show had to be extra vigilant about keeping everyone safe while filming. Actor Nonso Anozie, who stars as Sweet Tooths Jepperd, explained to BBC, The health authorities in New Zealand did a fantastic job of keeping us safe, and following the health guidelines strictly, that we could be free within our bubbles to create and tell the story.  Sweet Tooth was one of the few productions that was allowed to film in the country during Covid, where filming started back up in July 2020. While Covid cases were much lower in New Zealand than other parts of the world at the time, they sill kept a strict list of which movies and shows were allowed to come in and use the country as a filming location. The first season of Sweet Tooth consists of eight episodes that each clock in around 50 minutes. Netflixs Sweet Tooth stars Nonso Anozie as Tommy Jepperd, Christian Convery as Gus, Adeel Akhtar as Dr. Aditya Singh, Stefania LaVie Owen as Bear, Dania Ramirez as Aimee Eden, Aliza Vellani as Rani Singh, Will Forte as Pubba, and James Brolin as the series narrator. Stream Sweet Tooth on Netflix