Where was the Zorro movie filmed?

Where was the Zorro movie filmed?

The film takes place in San Mateo County, California and was shot in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with second-unit photography in Wellington, New Zealand.

Where does The Mask of Zorro take place?

All of this action is set in Mexico and California as it was in the first half of the 19th century, when the evil Don Rafael Montero (Stuart Wilson) rules the land, chooses peasants at random to be shot by a firing squad, and earns the enmity of the mysterious masked man Zorro.

Is The Mask of Zorro historically accurate?

This much is historical fact, but pretty much everything else in the story is fiction, including a brother who escapes to become the successor to the original Zorro.

Did Anthony Hopkins do his own stunts in The Mask of Zorro?

Alex was the principal stunt double for Sir Anthony Hopkins from the time they met on the film “The Edge” in Alberta in 1997. Sir Anthony was so impressed with an 80 foot fall stunt performed by Alex, he made him his main stunt double and took him with him on subsequent projects, including “Mask of Zorro”.

Was Zorro from Mexico or Spain?

Zorro’s true identity is Don Diego Vega (later changed to Don Diego de la Vega), a young nobleman who lived in Los Angeles, California, during the early 19th century when the area was still under Spanish rule.

Is El Zorro a true story?

Short answer: No. Zorro is fiction. Don Diego de la Vega, the true identity of Zorro, was a product of the pulp fiction writer, Johnston McCulley (1883–1958). The first Zorro tale appeared in the pulps in 1919.