The series follows Sophie, a woman played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw who suffers from extreme memory loss following a head trauma from an apparent suicide attempt.<\/p>\n
The show is packed full of twists and turns, but viewers may also find themselves marvelling at the glamorous, upmarket locations seen on screen.<\/p>\n
But just where was the series filmed and where is it set? Read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>\n
Where is Surface set?<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Sophie and Stephan James as Baden in Surface<\/span><\/figcaption> Apple TV+<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nSurface is set in high-end San Francisco, in the Northern region of the state of California.<\/p>\n
Sophie and her husband James live a life of luxury and socialise with other wealthy friends and colleague, so the settings throughout the series include expensive looking bars and restaurants, luxury houses and mansions and skyscraper office buildings.<\/p>\n
We also see the famous Golden Gate suspension bridge, near which is where Sophie suffered her head trauma.<\/p>\n
Surface\u2019s showrunner Veronica West recently told Slash Film<\/a> that \u201cthe original spec script that I wrote was set in London and Sophie was American, because I always thought there was something very interesting about crossing overseas to escape your past. What would have to go so wrong that you were willing to make that leap?\u201d<\/p>\nShe continued: \u201cBut when Gugu came on board, we thought it would be so interesting for her to play British \u2014 people were saying this show feels like a throwback to noir, and San Francisco, with the \u2018Vertigo\u2019 connection and that timeless classic mystery that the city has. It has a soulfulness that some other major cities don\u2019t. So having Sophie play British in San Francisco just all came together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Where was Surface filmed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n ![\"""\"]( "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Sophie in Surface<\/span><\/figcaption> Apple TV+<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nSurface was mainly filmed in Vancouver, Canada, starting in June and ending in October 2021.<\/p>\n
The series also shot some on location scenes in San Francisco itself, including in the Lower Haight neighbourhood<\/a>. Scenes were also reportedly shot at the Palace Hotel, at the Palace of Fine Arts and in the city\u2019s Chinatown district.<\/p> \nYou can read our full review of Surface here.<\/a><\/p>\nThe first three episodes of Surface will stream on\u00a0Apple TV+\u00a0from Friday 29th July 2022, with further episodes being released weekly. Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Surface is set in high-end San Francisco, in the Northern region of the state of California.<\/p>\n
Sophie and her husband James live a life of luxury and socialise with other wealthy friends and colleague, so the settings throughout the series include expensive looking bars and restaurants, luxury houses and mansions and skyscraper office buildings.<\/p>\n
We also see the famous Golden Gate suspension bridge, near which is where Sophie suffered her head trauma.<\/p>\n
Surface\u2019s showrunner Veronica West recently told Slash Film<\/a> that \u201cthe original spec script that I wrote was set in London and Sophie was American, because I always thought there was something very interesting about crossing overseas to escape your past. What would have to go so wrong that you were willing to make that leap?\u201d<\/p>\n She continued: \u201cBut when Gugu came on board, we thought it would be so interesting for her to play British \u2014 people were saying this show feels like a throwback to noir, and San Francisco, with the \u2018Vertigo\u2019 connection and that timeless classic mystery that the city has. It has a soulfulness that some other major cities don\u2019t. So having Sophie play British in San Francisco just all came together.\u201d<\/p>\n Surface was mainly filmed in Vancouver, Canada, starting in June and ending in October 2021.<\/p>\n The series also shot some on location scenes in San Francisco itself, including in the Lower Haight neighbourhood<\/a>. Scenes were also reportedly shot at the Palace Hotel, at the Palace of Fine Arts and in the city\u2019s Chinatown district.<\/p> You can read our full review of Surface here.<\/a><\/p>\n The first three episodes of Surface will stream on\u00a0Apple TV+\u00a0from Friday 29th July 2022, with further episodes being released weekly. Check out more of our\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 29 July 2022 at 12:00 am Surface, the new glossy thriller from Apple TV+, invites us into a very specific world and lifestyle, centred around the super-rich and the upper echelons of American society. The series follows Sophie, a woman played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw who suffers from extreme memory loss […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":19414,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/surface-location-guide-where-was-the-glossy-new-drama-filmed-and-set-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/surface-location-guide-where-was-the-glossy-new-drama-filmed-and-set-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/surface-location-guide-where-was-the-glossy-new-drama-filmed-and-set-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/surface-location-guide-where-was-the-glossy-new-drama-filmed-and-set-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/surface-location-guide-where-was-the-glossy-new-drama-filmed-and-set-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/surface-location-guide-where-was-the-glossy-new-drama-filmed-and-set-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/07\/surface-location-guide-where-was-the-glossy-new-drama-filmed-and-set-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Friday, 29 July 2022 at 12:00 am Surface, the new glossy thriller from Apple TV+, invites us into a very specific world and lifestyle, centred around the super-rich and the upper echelons of American society. The series follows Sophie, a woman played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw who suffers from extreme memory loss…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/19413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Where was Surface filmed?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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