Interview: MARCO POLO RELOADED – An Epic Journey With Lonely Planet Travel Writer Bradley Mayhew It was quite a lot of research to find the right person for our documentary series Marco Polo Reloaded. Along Mekong Productions didn’t want to work with a protagonist who came across as a kind of “actor” or “presenter”. The films in the footsteps of Marco Polo, who left Venice in 1271, needed an “authentic traveller”, who is used to looking after himself in remote areas and experienced enough not to confuse the project with the bare adventure of a “docu-soap jungle camp”. For a long time we looked for someone who was willing to meet people and to share their stories, combined with a profound background knowledge about the countries along the Silk Road. On the other hand we searched for a person who is able to work under pressure, to smile even without breakfast, a really likeable guy who could keep the viewers’ interest alive for four hours of travel stories. Finally we found Bradley Mayhew, who had never been in front of a film camera before and who didn’t even like having his photo taken. Our first meeting was in Venice – we started chatting straight away, explained the project, walked together along the narrow streets of Marco Polo’s hometown and did some preliminary test-shootings. At the end of the first day, we knew: Bradley was the right person to retrace the Silk Road on the tracks of its well-known traveller Marco Polo. - See more at: getaddictedto/interview-marco-polo-reloaded-lonely-planet-travel-writer-bradley-mayhew/#sthash.dVnSM9qY.dpuf -getaddictedto/interview-marco-polo-reloaded-lonely-planet-travel-writer-bradley-mayhew/#sthash.dVnSM9qY.dpbs
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