the couple travels the world recreating movie scenes
in 2018, the pair launched an Instagram account, Secret Famous Places, where they share their re-enactments alongside stills from the movies that inspired their shoots
- the account now has nearly 40,000 followers, with the likes of Oscar winners Hilary Swank and Marion Cotillard among those posting in the comments section
A couple from Hofheim, Germany travel the world and recreates movie scenes, they also manage to post them on social media. Grabbing attention from nearly 40,000 followers, including Hilary Swank and Marion Cotillard the couple is highlighted in an article on CNN.
The ‘movie couple’
Robin Lachhein, 31, and Judith Schneider, 30, from Hofheim, Germany, have a slightly more involved hobby: They travel the world together re-creating famous movie and television serial scenes.
Lachhein and Schneider, who met at a friend’s birthday party 11 years ago, say they’re thrilled that their slightly unusual hobby is gaining much attention, particularly as they never planned to share the images with the world. Some of the movies they have enacted scenes include La la land, Forrest Gump, PS I Love You.
Challenges to the shoot
They go to great pains to make sure that the angle is as close to the original picture as possible. The couple often has to do a lot of planning to determine exactly where the spot featured in the sequence they want to focus on is and how to get there. On some occasions, they’ve had to gain permission to take photos in a particular place. Then there’s the small matter of making sure they have clothes identical to those worn by the film or TV characters they’re posing as.
Celebrity support
Their painstakingly precise efforts have proved to be a hit on Instagram, with Swank giving the account her seal of approval when she commented, “That’s incredible!” on their image from her 2007 movie “P.S. I Love You,” which also starred Gerard Butler.
However, Welsh actor Tom Cullen, who played Viscount Gillingham in “Downton Abbey” was the first star to post a message, writing “nailed it” on their image mirroring a scene from the popular ITV show captured outside Highclere Castle in the UK.
Travel with their own money
Although some of their followers have assumed the pair’s trips are financed by their families, they stress that they pay for everything themselves and don’t earn any money from their pictures. They try to avoid Photoshop as much as possible so that the photos are a true depiction of the location, but admit to occasionally using filters and/or altering colors to enhance an image.
While the couple doesn’t necessarily choose their vacation destinations based on the movies they want to create, Lachhein admits that the prospect of visiting the filming location for the 2010 movie “Inception” played a big part in their decision to go to Paris in 2017.
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Source: CNN
