Hollywood star Luke Evans to undergo 14-days of hotel quarantine and regular COVID-19 testing as he prepares to film Nicole Kidman’s Nine Perfect Strangers in Australia
Hollywood star Luke Evans has revealed that he will be travelling to Australia to shoot Hulu limited series, Nine Perfect Strangers.
The Welsh-born actor, 41, explained on the Variety’s podcast The Big Ticket that he will too undergo hotel quarantine and regular testing upon his arrival Down Under.
‘We all have to be quarantined in a hotel room,’ he said.
Restrictions: Hollywood star Luke Evans (pictured) has revealed he will undergo 14-days of hotel quarantine and regular COVID-19 testing while filming the Hulu limited series Nine Perfect Strangers in Australia
‘I can’t see anyone for two weeks. I have to be tested every other day.
‘Everything is going to be delivered to my room and I have to stay in a room in Australia and not leave it for two weeks just so that we can then be free to go and shoot something,’ he added.
Luke is known for his roles on The Fate of The Furious and Beauty and The Beast.
The new normal: Luke told The Big Ticket podcast: ‘We all have to be quarantined in a hotel room… I have to be tested every other day’ (Pictured: Luke Evans in a mask)
It is not yet known when filming will begin or where it will take place. Daily Mail Australia has contacted the project’s production companies Made Up Stories and Blossom Films for comment
Under Screen Australia’s COVID-19 guidelines all arrivals in Australia must isolate in quarantine accommodation for 14-days in the city of arrival.
The cast is also required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing throughout the shoot under the guidelines.
Co-stars: Luke will star in the limited series alongside comedian Melissa McCarthy (left), The Good Place star Manny Jacinto (right)
The actor will star alongside comedian Melissa McCarthy, The Good Place star Manny Jacinto and Nicole Kidman, who is also producing the series.
Nine Perfect Strangers is based on the novel by Australian author Liane Moriaty.
The story follows nine people, each with their own stresses and mental baggage, who visit an expensive health and wellness resort that promises them healing and transformation.
In the past Nicole has worked with Liane to adapt her best-seller Big Little Lies into a HBO TV series.
Star and producer: The series will also star Nicole Kidman, who is also producing the show. Nine Perfect Strangers is based on the novel by Australian author Liane Moriaty. In the past Nicole has worked with Liane to adapt her best-seller Big Little Lies into a HBO TV series