{"id":389634,"date":"2026-01-03T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389634\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T20:00:08","slug":"filming-the-rookie-in-prague-felt-like-a-james-bond-movie-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/389634\/","title":{"rendered":"Filming ‘The Rookie’ in Prague ‘Felt Like a James Bond Movie\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNathan Fillion and Jenna Dewan tell PEOPLE that the season 8 premiere of The Rookie, which was filmed in Prague, was like “an action film”The pair play married couple John Nolan and Bailey Nune on the police procedural, and the characters use the European location as their “second honeymoon”The Rookie season 8 kicks off on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC and will be available to stream on Hulu the following day<\/p>\n

Nathan Fillion<\/a> is promising plenty of excitement in the upcoming season of The Rookie.\n<\/p>\n

For the first time ever, the hit ABC series is going overseas, kicking off the season 8 premiere in Prague. The actor, 54, along with on-screen wife, Jenna Dewan<\/a>, recently sat down with PEOPLE to tease what\u2019s in store for their beloved characters, John Nolan and Bailey Nune, as they embark on this international adventure.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt different. It was amazing. We had an incredible time,\u201d Dewan, 45, shares. \u201cYou feel like you are back in time. It just felt so special. It felt like we were in the midst of a film, an action film. It was so cool.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like a James Bond movie,\u201d Fillion chimes in. \u201cIt really did. I wasn’t wearing a cop uniform \u2014 I was wearing a suit. I felt very fancy. And we’re walking in these incredible squares and beside these beautiful rivers.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Left: Jenna Dewan and Nathan Fillion in ‘The Rookie’.<\/p>\n

Disney\/Mike Taing<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt very, very badass,\u201d the Step Up alum admits.\n<\/p>\n

Fillion also notes that Prague was the perfect place for Nolan and Bailey to have their \u201csecond honeymoon\u201d after their first was \u201ckind of a bust.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of murder,\u201d Dewan quips. \u201cSo this one felt like, well, while we’re here, let’s make this romantic because how can you not?\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, she reveals that the plan for a peaceful getaway doesn\u2019t exactly go as smoothly as they had hoped. \u201cLots of unexpected yet bonding adrenaline,\u201d she teases, as Fillion jokes, \u201cBeggars can’t be choosers. Yet, I think they’re two very grateful people who enjoy each other at the very least.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Dewan adds: \u201cI always say I think it is the blending of tones that really works well because we give strong action. There’s a lot of suspense and scare almost, but there’s so much comedy, and there’s a lot of banter and there’s the romance.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

If the pair had to describe what fans will see from their characters in the police procedural’s latest installment with just three words, they would say: teamwork, friction and opportunity.\n<\/p>\n

Nathan Fillion and Jenna Dewan in ‘The Rookie’.<\/p>\n

Raymond Liu\/ABC via Getty<\/p>\n

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While they weren\u2019t filming, the costars say another perk of the European location was the vacations and excursions they were able to go on. Fillion even extended his trip and Dewan decided to go solo.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI was the busiest because I went sans kids,\u201d she explains. \u201cI was \u2014 every free moment I had \u2014 living. We went to dinners, we did tours. I felt like I finally matured to the point where I wanted to do tours all day long. It took me a while, but now, firmly, I want to learn about history and tours.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so good,\u201d she gushes. \u201cThe castles \u2014 it was fun.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The Rookie season 8 premieres on Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 10 p.m. ET on ABC and will be available to stream on Hulu the following day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Nathan Fillion and Jenna Dewan tell PEOPLE that the season 8 premiere of The Rookie,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-389634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}