{"id":127436,"date":"2022-11-22T18:32:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=127436"},"modified":"2022-11-22T18:32:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T23:32:35","slug":"steve-martin-remembers-filming-in-nelson-in-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/steve-martin-remembers-filming-in-nelson-in-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Martin remembers filming in Nelson in 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cult classic shot in Nelson is getting renewed attention after Steve Martin, lead role in the 1987 rom-com <em>Roxanne,<\/em> recently recounts some experiences he had during his summer in the West Kootenays.<\/p>\n<p>Still ranked highly on movie sites like Rotten Tomatoes, <em>Roxanne<\/em> is a modern take on the tale of Cyrano, a man cursed with an abnormally large nose who is trying to find love. Several iconic locations are featured in the movie, like former Wait's News and the site of the current Nelson Museum. But it was during filming breaks when his make-up wouldn't come off that Martin remembers walking around Nelson, hearing the comments from locals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to put this big long nose on every morning, and it\u2019s a small town we\u2019re working in, so I would walk around, and we\u2019d be shooting, and there\u2019s be citizens there looking, going \u2018Nice nose,\u2019 Martin said on <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lSnLc52JqxY&amp;t=285s&amp;ab_channel=TheView\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC\u2019s The View<\/a><\/em><\/strong> this week.<\/p>\n<p>In a new graphic novel about Martin\u2019s career on the big screen, the comedian recounts walking into a bar during a set-break, when two biker-looking patrons began staring at the long-nosed Martin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can feel the guy looking at me,\u201d Martin said, wondering what his adversary is going to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he goes \u2018Why the long face?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The book, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Number-One-Walking-Movies-Diversions\/dp\/1250815290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Number One is Walking<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss is now for sale with a number of online retailers.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\"Why the long face?' Steve Martin recounts filming Roxanne in Nelson - Listen to the CJLY story below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cult classic shot in Nelson is getting renewed attention after Steve Martin, lead role in the 1987 rom-com Roxanne, recently recounts some experiences he had during his summer in the West Kootenays. Still ranked highly on movie sites like Rotten Tomatoes, Roxanne is a modern take on the tale of Cyrano, a man cursed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":127438,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217,57,219],"tags":[1825,20832,20830,20829,20828,20831],"radio":[1420],"origine":[280,2165,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127436"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127833,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127436\/revisions\/127833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127436"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=127436"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=127436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}