“Coincidentally, St. Andrews is the church I attended as a child,” recalls producer Debra Martin Chase. “I hadn’t been there in years since I don’t live in the area now, but during the sequence I got tears in my eyes, not only because the wedding was so spectacular, but also because the irony of sitting in my childhood church all these years later, making a movie I adore with Garry Marshall and Julie Andrews is a dream I could not have imagined as a child. And it’s somehow fitting, in this film about a young woman who is becoming more than she ever thought she could possibly be.”
The studio’s European street on the backlot was transformed into the streets of Pyrus, capitol of Genovia, for the Genovian Independence Day Parade. The outdoor set featured over 50 storefronts for the sequence, including Stuart Weitzman, Origins, Vespa, La Perla, Chopard and other companies who lent product and signage to make the street look authentic.
“I think this film is going to be even better than the first one, and I hope everyone loves it as much as I do,” says Julie Andrews. “There is so much action, along with the thrill of being in Genovia, this wonderful mythical kingdom, with all of its glamour and sweet traditions. We really feel as if we’ve been somewhere in Europe.”
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