I’m not really from a small town, so I’m fascinated by small towns,” she said. Other than a weekend trip to Myrtle Beach as a teenager, Stars Fell on Alabama was Hanna’s first real experience on the East Coast. I’ve known James (Maslow) forever, so I just felt like I was being myself.”įilming finished up in November 2019, but Hanna has vivid, fond memories of her time in South Carolina. I was just kind of hanging out with friends. So it wasn’t hard at all, it was like I wasn’t even acting. With Madison, I took the whole shebang of me and put it into her. “A lot of times I’ll take little parts of me in roles and just amplify that side of me.
“With Madison, she’s very much me,” said Hanna. In 2009, she was a semifinalist on America’s Next Top Model. Ciara finds peace and therapy through painting and poetry.“You get a good feeling watching it, and you get a good feeling doing it - it’s interesting.”ĭespite the very different nature of the film, Hanna says it wasn’t difficult to transition into playing Madison Belle. “It is different from anything I’ve ever done, and I found out that I actually really love doing little romantic comedies,” Hanna said. After acting in primarily horror films, she was ready to be in something that her grandma would want to watch. Hanna had never worked on a romantic comedy before, which is what drew her to the project in the first place. Scheich, Stars Fell on Alabama tells the story of Madison Belle (Ciara Hanna), a Hollywood actress on the brink of making it big, who agrees to play the girlfriend of her successful agent, Bryce Dixon (James Maslow), at his 15-year high school reunion in his Alabama hometown, Willow Valley.įor Ciara Hanna, a California native who has worked on projects like the Nickelodeon show Power Rangers: Megaforce, and the supernatural horror movie, Pernicious, the film was a big change compared to her previous projects. With the recent release of the movie, LOCAL Life interviewed one of the stars to talk about her experiences filming in the Lowcountry.ĭirected by V. The first feature film to come to the town in 20 years, Stars Fell on Alabama showcased all of Beaufort (renamed Willow Valley in the movie), filming along Bay Street, at Beaufort Academy and the Beaufort Inn, to name a few. Hollywood descended on Beaufort in late 2019 to make the Lowcountry city the backdrop for the recently released indie romantic comedy, Stars Fell on Alabama. She is known for playing the roles of Gia Moran in Power Rangers Megaforce and Nicole Parker in Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys.
Ciara Hanna grew up in Orange, Calif., and started acting at age 8.As Bryce prepares to return home for his 15 year high school reunion and realizes his high school classmates are judging him poorly because he isn’t married with children, he stretches the truth and tells them that Madison is his girlfriend, convincing her to pretend to be his girlfriend to escape questions from his friends.The star of the recently released romantic comedy, ‘Stars Fell on Alabama,’ gives us the inside scoop on filming in Beaufort. He does, however, keep up with a small circle of his best friends from high school. Bryce moved from Alabama to California 15 years ago for college and to pursue his dreams, leaving his past behind. The film follows a successful Hollywood agent, Bryce, and a Hollywood actress, Madison, on the verge of becoming a true star, if she can just land the right role. The romantic comedy STARS FELL ON ALABAMA, from distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films, will be released on-demand and digital on January 8, 2021. Coming to Digital JanuPre-Order on iTunes/AppleTV:
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