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Rabat- The new six-part historical drama SAS Rogue Heroes created by Steven Knight, of Peaky Blinders fame, that tells the story of the British Special Air Service was shot in Morocco’s North African desert.
According to the BBC, filming took place in Morocco over a period of three months, with temperatures reaching up to 53 degrees celsius on some days and sandstorms disrupting production.
“We did a lot of day for night stuff as well, which was the hardest because night in the [Sahara] desert is normally extremely cold, so we’d be wearing tonnes and tonnes of layers but we were shooting at midday in the heat,” Connor Swindells, who portrays Scottish officer David Stirling in the British army, said.
He continued: “And those were unbearably hot and your rifle’s getting heavier and heavier, take after take after take. That was a struggle.”
Despite the difficulties of filming, the cast had a good time in Morocco.
“I have great memories of us bombing it through the Sahara desert in the Jeeps,” Swindells said. “You couldn’t see the camera. There were no supporting artists anywhere. It was just us in the cars bombing it, living like the characters. Those are my fondest memories of the whole thing.”
The series, which is based on Ben Macintyre’s book SAS: Rogue Heroes, chronicles the creation of Britain’s Special Air Service during World War II. It is directed by Thomas Otto Shankland, and stars Connor Swindells, Alfie Allen, and Sofia Boutella among others.
This is not the first time Morocco has hosted international film crews. Morocco is a popular choice among American and international film directors.
Several Hollywood stars, including Ruby Rose and Eva Green, are expected to travel to Morocco in December for the upcoming action film Dirty Angels.
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