Reforma- 10.01.2001
Jon
rehearses for his role
Jon
Bon Jovi prepares the action scenes for the film 'Vampires: Los Muertos' that
will be shot in Mexico.
Mexico
city- The rocker Jon Bon Jovi, in company of Diego Luna, rehearses from last
Monday the action scenes for the movie Vampires: The Deads, which filming begins
in a couple of days.
According
to sources close to the production he begins work early in one of the living
rooms of the hotel Fiesta Americana. However, the singer is the only person that
is not put up in this place, but in the hotel Four Seasons, from where he moves
in a navy blue color car with polarized windows.
The
producer Screen Gems, pays for the suite of the author of Living on a Prayer and
It's my Life, 2 thousand 110 dollars per night. This has two chambers, parabolic
antenna and a comfortable room with view to the interior garden of the hotel.
The
director Tommy Lee Wallace and the producer Jack Lorenz are transported in
another car, but of white color. Both vans have localization via satellite to
prevent any incident.
Before
the presence of the press, the production orders to bring elements of security
to offer privacy during the rehearsals, although the information of the call was
in the notice board (?) located to the entrance of the hotel, in which stand out
the events of the day.
In
the afternoon, some fans is given appointment to go in but not for the presence
of Jon, but that of the Venezuelan group UFF who was put up there.
Last
Sunday, according to one of the employees that preferred the anonymity, Jon
carried out a trip lightning to Boston, where he had some work commitments, but
that same day at night return to the City of Mexico to be reinstated to the
preparations of the filming.
Their
work days are quite arduous, almost of 12 hours, for that neither the singer
neither the director have had time of leaving to visit the surroundings of the
Mexican capital, in alone occasions they leave their respective hotels to eat.
Vampires:
The Deads- a sequel of John Carpenter film Vampires, will be shot during four
weeks in the Ajusco, Satellite and Texcoco and in the studio Churubusco; then
they moved for a week to Morelos.
Reforma- 12.01.2001
Second
day, the fans grows
Mexico-
On the second day of filming of Vampires: The Deads, the classes in the primary
and secondary school in Acapulco were not interrupted, but the interest that has
caused the movie was evident between the villagers and dozens of them
(housewives and students, mainly) remained for hours bet on the walls of the
atrium.
From
the first hours of Thursday, the onlookers had seen a human head, thanks to the
film team for special effects, that left flying from a window and later rotated
wrapped in flames by a stairway.
Since
Vampires: The Deads used diverse technological resources to acquire bigger
realism and spectacularity, an integrated team from Mexicans and American has
appealed to elements that go from painting to small tanks of gas.
Besides
becoming hunting vampires expert, Bon Jovi was given time to view the
surroundings of the location and in the recesses of the production don't avoid
the contact with the inhabitants of the place neither with the fanatics that
arrived from other places.
The
rocker rehearsed in the beginning of Thursday at least a couple of sequences in
place on the left side of the atrium of the church.
Around
the noon, the American walked to the Cultural and Administrative Center that
works as high school and after taking some steps toward the basketball court
surprised some students who met with the famous one when leaving their classes.
Although
most of them only identify him as foreigner,
they approached to greet him and Bon Jovi responded them with good humor,
requesting a pen to give some autographs.
"Somebody
brings one?", he asked in Spanish and after receiving it, dozens of
notebooks arrived to his hands.
Already
broken the ice, Bon Jovi accepts to be photographed.
"I
can not believe it, I never imagine that Bon Jovi signed me a sneaker",
said one of the singer's followers.
The
artist remained only 10 minutes surrounded by the people without his four
bodyguards arrived, before entering the door of the church to film an action
scene.
Dressed
with brown leather jacket and yellow shirt, Bon Jovi suddenly transformed into a
heroic hunter of vampires that testifies how the character interpreted by Diego
Luna suddenly gave death with a lance to one of the creatures from the title of
the film.
After
the vampire disappears among flames, Bon Jovi with a gun, arrived to the place
of the combat so that the young apprentice received his payment for the night
creature's extermination.
Reforma-
14.01.2001
They consider Jon demoniac entity
The
presence of Jon Bon Jovi in the church of Ocopulco was bothersome for some
residents; however others were happy
The
presence of the singer Jon Bon Jovi in the church of Ocopulco, where during
three days was shooting part of the movie Vampires: The Deads, made some
residents to think of a entity left of the hell that only looked for appropriate
of people's soul.
In
the film, the author of Living on a Prayer personifies a hunter of vampires, and
for that reason from last Wednesday, when the
filming began in Mexico, the onlookers have seen bodies burnt, heads cut
tragically of the avenging sword and smoke leaving the local temple.
"I
don't know why the priest allowed this: the church should respect that it’s
sacred. They will see that now the souls of these that enters there will be
taken by the demon", Regina Martinez, inhabitant of the place, said in the
name of a small group of followers.
Luckily,
she said, the shooting finished last Friday, and therefore the celebrations of
the "40 Hours ", a three days event in which the Christian
jubilee is celebrated, will be able
to be made.
However,
the most of the community was shown to be happy of seeing the filming of a movie
closely, as well as the "the gringo ", as they called Bon Jovi, and
Diego Luna who got the attention of the young boys that photographed him
unceasingly.
"
They are very handsome! When I saw them closely, I really wanted to faint",
Maria del Carmen Acuca, 41.
For
the use of the church “Nuestra Seсora de la Santa Encarnaciуn”,
built in the 18 century and located
in the center of Ocopulco, the production committed to give to the municipal
authorities of Chiautla 25 thousand pesos, as well as to not damage in any way
the same.
"People
are happy and the great majority agreed that the church was used for the movie.
There are unhappy people, of course, but they are the less ones", Marcos
Ramirez who is in charge of the church said to name of the Padre Erasto Pacheco
who was fixing the parties of the jubilee and could not be found.
"The
money will be used to fix the roof of the church and, if there are more, maybe
to buy some painted boats to adorn it", he added.
During
the three days that Vampires remained in the town, the production ordered to
remove the original cross of the atrium which was placed carefully in the garden
of the temple - as well as to cover the windows with black curtains to give
reality because of the scenery.
"The
only thing that was damaged was to break the glasses of a window and to remove a
very beautiful door of historical character, but both things will be put in
their place and everything will be the same as before", a close to the
filming who preferred the anonymity assured.
In
accordance to the source, the rent of the premises settled down with the
municipal authorities of Chiautla, but in the Friday afternoon they could not be
found to confirm.
"I
don't know exactly which the arrangement of the lease was, but there was not any
problem", the spokesman added.
Vampires:
the Deads, continue tomorrow the filming will continue in Mexico City, and after
leave toward Morelos where will remain for a week.
Reforma-14.01.2001
Indifferent to his fans
Despite
the affection of the Mexicans, Bon Jovi only waved its hand in greeting sign
More
than 80 fans- children, youths and adults remains with unrealized desires to
have an autograph and to see closely the blond Bon Jovi during the fourth day of
filming of the movie Vampires: The Deads, because the author of
"Always" was shown indifferent despite the popular desire, and even
not came closer to the place determined for the watching public.
And
it’s because the stay of the rocker in Mexico is no longer a secret as the
production of the film planned, and the leader of the band that takes his name
was guarded during the whole time of filming contrary to the previous days.
Coming
from Mexico City, Texcoco and cities bordering to Atenguillo, Bon Jovi's
admirers arrived prepared with video cameras, notebooks, magazines, disks,
cameras and a blanket with the name of the rocker embroidered with the hope of
obtaining some memory of the American.
Nevertheless,
the refusal of the security personnel to allowing him at least to sign some
notebooks, as soon as they saw him leave a red van, wearing an orange shirt,
sunglasses and boots, they began to shout and to applaud him.
Despite
the affection of the Mexicans, Bon Jovi only waved his hand in greeting sign and
immediately his fans screamed.
One
of scenes that was part of the filming was when the reborn from the dead slowly
and gloomily springs from the saint floor. And the hunters of vampires arrived,
interpreted by Bon Jovi and Diego Luna, for seemingly to analyze such an
inexplicable situation.
One of the situations that were commented by the visitors is the number of scenes that had to repeat Bon Jovi. In total they were seven times that the blonde acted the part where he goes to his jeep. Even so, the euphoria and anxiety to see it never decayed.
Reforma-15.01.2000
They film in a gas station
The
film distributed by Screen Gems counts the history of a leader of a vampire
hunter group financed by El Vaticano Cd de Mexico ???? ( I don’t understand
what this means)
A
gas station at 31kilometer of the federal highway Xochimilco-Oaxtepec was the
suitable place for beginning the week of the filming of Vampires: The Deads
without the fans presence or some onlookers.
The
security was in charge of closing a highway near Santa Ana's town so the
automobiles didn't affect the scenes where Jon Bon Jovi meets with Natasha
Becknett.
The
distant and uninhabited place that limits with the Mexico City and the security
that surrounded it, allowed the leader of one of the most successful rock bands
in the world, to find tranquility and appreciated the landscape framed by the
volcanoes Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl.
During
the filming that began late this afternoon, they were shooting a couple of
scenes where the camera of Tommy Lee Wallace captured the route of an old jeep
and the encounter of Natasha with the author of Living on to Prayer and Keep the
Faith.
A
kilometer farther all the vehicles were located between the trees and attract
the attention of all passing drivers but no one was allowed to stop.
So
a silver car was the one in charge of transferring the American singer to the
gas station and this way to carry out its work that would conclude until the
18:00 hours, little before the day end.
The
film distributed by Screen Gems (Sony), in which the Mexican Diego Luna also
acts, is counts the history of a leader of a group, but not musical, but of
vampires hunters financed by The Vatican (???) to destroy night creatures horde,
which took the possession of a relic of the church.
Now the filming will move to Atizapin of Zaragoza, located to the north of the City.
Reforma- 18 January 2001
Mexico
City, Mexico. – In front of the amazed looks of the onlookers, the rocker Bon
Jovi filmed Wednesday night some of the scenes for “Vampires: Los Murertos”,
in the vicinity of the German President Urban Center, located on avenue Felix
Cuevas, corner with avenue Coyoacin. In
spite of the excitement that the presence of the singer caused among numerous
young people, Enrique Dueсas, the administrator, showed his
dissatisfaction: "The truth is that I am very annoyed because they had said
that they would finish more earlier and it was not this way". One of the
scenes that were shot last night included explosion of a large window and before
this owners was assured that the neighbors were annoying for the roar.
Moreover people were angry because they already didn’t find parking
place, in spite of the fact that the production offered them one that is very
far from the unit. The production
people will remain until Thursday night, in spite of the fact that they assured
that would finish Wednesday. So
that the blond rocker could shoot in the residence unit, the producers promised
to the administrator of the building to fix the damages and to provide for
access to the parking.
Reforma-
23 January 2001
“Hunter” Jon in Santa Monica
More
than 15 monks will be those that meet Jon Bon Jovi warmly in Tlalnepantla
Around
15 monks will meet Jon Bon Jovi who films from this Monday scenes of the movie
“Vampires: Los Muertos” in historical Ex Hacienda de Santa Monica, in the
colony of that same name, causing annoyances to the neighbors- the parish and
the “Cultural Foundation Antonio Haghenbeck y de la Lama”, owner of the
place.
Near
14:00 the singer arrived to the place, where 10 of his fans already waited for
him and he took care for them immediately, gave them autographs and allowed some
pictures, saying: “No kisses, no kisses."
The
neighbors of the colony expressed their uneasiness with the filming because it
obstructed the vehicular traffic, an old problem, because here were the streets
Benito Juarez and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano that took to the peripheral and to
the Ex Hacienda.
"The
colonists of the division protest because the streets are closed and with so
many trucks they make the life here difficult, we even had a meeting in the
assembly hall, but they already grabbed it for dining room and now we don't know
where it will be", said Margarita Granados, neighbor.
Jon
Bon Jovi arrived in Mexico and shoot in Ocopulco,
Texcoco, in Calacoaya, and in the colony Del Valle, in Mexico City. The
musician and actor play Erek Bliss in “Vampires: Los Muertos” directed by
Tommy Lee Wallace.
After
the producer left a charity of 25 thousand pesos to the church Nuestra Senora de
la Santa Encarnacion in Ocopulco, Texcoco, the priest Alfonso Santos, in charge
of the contiguous parish to Ex Hacienda, refused to reveal the conditions to
grant permission to shoot in the enclosure.
"I
tell them to respect the church, they wanted to make some things but I told them
that they not be able to, I don't speak of the amounts for
the bishopric of Tacubaya, and the Foundation of Ex Hacienda ", spit
the father, while he closed the grate of the church and apologized because he
had to leave.
For
example Salones Mediterráneo, located opposite the Ex Hacienda, get paid not
less than 250 thousand pesos for the event, with agreement with personal of the
place.
The
sky is blue and the foam from the volcano Popocatepetl which is at distance of 8
kilometers can be seen and with the afternoon advanced, the American singer's
followers began to arrive little by little with disks, pictures and the hope of
obtaining an autograph, but the wait would be in vain.
Some
girls decided to intone songs of the rocker from “Let It Rock", “Raise
Your Hands” to “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “Without Love", with
screams that was heard to the place where Bon Jovi, calmly, ate around around
19:00.
Hearing
the din a boy arrived suddenly, climbed a near tree to the multitude and as he
had a good time he requested: "Sing “Tu Mamá no me Quiere”.
The
presents smiled, but the fathers, already annoying, decided to begin
conversations with the members of the production who permanently requested the
fans to stick to the wall for not to hinder the traffic more in the enough
narrow street Ignacio Manuel Altamirano.
However,
this only exacerbated the girls and they sang into a choir “Chupa-ca-braaas,
chupa-ca-braaas, chupa-ca-braaas" (I don’t know what this means- the
program translator can’t translate it), to the man in charge of production
that the whole afternoon asked them for silence.
Reforma- 1 February 2001
Bon Jovi looks for prestige
The vocalist of the rock band Bon Jovi, says that "Vampires: Los Muertos" represents a step more in his actor carier.
Mexico City- Famous for his work as
vocalist of the rock band Bon Jovi, Perth Amboy's native who takes more than
four weeks in Mexico City for the filming of the movie "Vampires: Los
Muertos", indicates that this movie represents a step more in his search
for the prestige, the professional growth and his consolidation as an actor.
In a square of the Colonia Roma that recreates an semi
abandoned area of Arizona, Bon Jovi adds that his character is not a macho
neither a hero that rescues the good ones from the bad ones, but a man who looks
for to unite forces between the generations.
"In the script there is opportunity to see what's the
character, I like this movie a lot because I make a fictitious, human, sensitive
personage, but in fact I believe that an ideal character would be as that of
Dustin Hoffman (in Kramer vs. Kramer)."
"I would like to find characters that made me to vibrate
so much that could be soaked of their life. The one that I am making right now
is very well because it is fiction, but to be something against the stereotypes
of Hollywood would be phenomenal", the blond actor points out exclusively
for REFORMA.
Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and co- produced by John
Carpenter and Jack Laurence, Bon Jovi detailes that his character has luck to
hunt vampires that seeks to eradicate the desires of these mystic beings to
become day entities, to imitate the life of the humans.
"I loved the character since I read the script. It's a
movie that is not in fact of vampires, but of a hunter, but not the classic who
is a star, I liked that", Jon adds.
Bon Jovi says about the work of the producer Lee Wallace that
it has been very interesting.
"I had never seen something of him, but when they
presented him to me I knew everything about his work and I found it very
interesting. It's as working with a director that has three eyes, he gives me a
lot of trust because he knows what really wants and I don't avoid his opinion,
even, he allows us to debate."
The artist considers that it's wonderful that the production
of "Vampires: Los Muertos" chose Mexico City for shooting.
"It's a place full of beauty, the architecture is
incredible, I like the atmosphere a lot. For me it represents cultural wealth,
tradition and human warmth."
With two nominations for the Grammy for the album Crush, Jon
enjoys the recognition like singer, and he assures that if he had to choose
between the two careers, the music has always been and will be his priority.
Jon gains the respect
Film will be released on 31 of October in
the United StatesMexico City- The presence of Jon Bon Jovi in Mexico has not
only waked up the curiosity of the local inhabitants where the shooting of
Vampires: Los Muertos is carried out, but the acting of the vocalist of the rock
band Bon Jovi, has more satisfied the director Tommy Lee Wallace, as the rest of
the cast.
The film that will be released on 31 of October in the United
States, tells to the adventures of a hunter of vampires that tries to prevent
that these enigmatic creatures are able to wake up in the day.
"The main history contains a little mystery, a little
drama, a terror, by the conflicts of the personages: the fight between humans
and vampires. It's very interesting to work with Jon. When I was 15 years old I
listened to his music and it drove me crazy and, years later, I am working with
him, you never know whom you will meet with."- Cristian de la Fuente,
Chilean actor.
"We all work in a new team and we all give the best. I
believe that in many ways this is new for all. Jon assures that people will want
to see the film and as he sells millions of discs, he knows what he speaks
about. He respects the work of all and for that reason we respect him"-
Diego Luna, Mexican actor.
"To make the personage of a vampire is not necessarily
to speak of badness, but of survival, because as well as a human being looks for
to resist to the calamities, the animals and other species do the same and I
believe that we do not understand it always. The work with Jon has been
brilliant, he's a professional in all the meanings of the word"- Arley
Juber.
"The film is for entertainment, to give a little horror,
suspense and diversion. Jon is like a boy, makes his work in so responsible way
that it seems that he's suitable for this task, he's professional."- Tommy
Lee Wallace, director.