“I would be too!”
“The original idea was to shoot it in a real jungle.
“But all those pretty trees that were all brown by the time we shot.
Contestants on ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’.Adam Rose/The CW
We brought the jungles to the desert.”
They also brought Olmec to the desert, but not without a makeover.
Stone says of creating the original series without a consultant.
Cristela Alonzo in front of Olmec on ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’.Tina Thorpe/The CW
“We literally took it out of an encyclopedia.
I mean, that’s where it all came from.
(The one above the Temple entryway in the photo below translates to “hidden temple.”
The Temple Run set on ‘Legends of the Hidden Temple’.Tina Thorpe/The CW
The one on the wall past the entrance translates to “temple run.")
“It’s a very, very, very collaborative experience.
We had meetings that went on and on and on because everything had to match together.
So it became a series of meetings,” says Stewart.
One of the 12 “escape rooms” replicates the cenotes (water-filled caves) of the Yucatan.
“And you reach in and look for the heart that’s beating.
I pitched that and said, ‘Can we do that?'”
“We’re not paid to say no.”
The CW’sThe Legends of the Hidden Templepremieres tonight (Sunday, Oct. 10) at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
