Fishtales (2007) on Netflix
Widowed professor Thomas Bradley must finish his thesis on ancient love spells or lose his grant. He brings his daughter Serena to Spetses, where the mermaid Neried comes ashore.
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Plot summary
Thomas Bradley, a classics professor at Oxford, is losing the grant that funds his study of ancient love spells, and he needs more time to finish his thesis. A last chance brings him and his twelve-year-old daughter Serena to the Greek island of Spetses, to a house offered by Professor Coulter. Serena finds a book about merpeople with an ancient Greek inscription, and she believes her father should find love again, though her attempts with the island's women go badly. The pair meet Captain Mavros, a fisherman, and his son Dimitri, who takes a liking to Serena. Mavros wants to kill the mermaid Neried and take her jewel-encrusted tail; Neried comes ashore at night in human form to meet Thomas.
Cast
- John Quayleas Professor Whiner
- Felix Yanezas Dimitri Mavros
- Efi Papatheodorouas Klymeni (as Effi Papatheodorou)
- Natalia Kapodistriaas Trinket Shop Owner
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Fishtales (2007)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While filming Fishtales, Kelly Brook nearly drowned: trying to surface between shots, she hit her head on the underside of a rock while wearing her full mermaid costume.
- Brook's swimming beyond her ability was handled by stunt and body double Hannah Stacey, a 29-year-old free-diver from Cornwall who had held the UK women's free-diving record of 54 m (177 ft) on a single breath.
- Brook and her double Hannah Stacey each wore a mermaid tail moulded individually to fit her, and building a tail took three and a half months.
