FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.timesnewsweekly.com JULY 23, 2015 • TIMES 23 QUEENS BY KELLY MARIE MANCUSO editorial@ridgewoodtimes.com @RidgewoodTimes Scenes for the upcoming Netfl ix series “The Get Down,” a musical hip-hop drama set in the late 1970s, were fi lmed on July 15 at the former K-9 Caterers off Cooper Avenue in Glendale. The empty storefront was transformed into “Adele’s Beauty Shop,” complete with retro signs advertising “summer braids.” Extras clad in bell bottoms and platform shoes fi led onto the set amid vintage Cadillacs and lighting rigs. The series is a period drama following the lives of a group of teenagers from the South Bronx during 1978. Events within the show will also coincide with political and cultural milestones, such as the birth of hip-hop in the Bronx. “The Get Down” is set to star Jimmy Smits, Giancarlo Esposito and singersongwriter Herzien Guardiola, who will play the female lead Mylene Cruz, daughter of Rev. Ramon Cruz (played by Esposito). Mamoudo Athie will star as rap pioneer Grandmaster Flash, and Jaden Smith will also appear in a cameo. The series is spearheaded by director Baz Luhrmann of “Moulin Rouge” and “Great Gatsby” fame and is set to air on Netfl ix in 2016. RIDGETIMES/Photos by Kelly Marie Mancuso New Baz Luhrmann Netflix series films exterior scenes in Glendale: The Get Down Extras donning 1970s fashions are pictured on the set in Glendale during filming of the Netflix series “The Get Down.”
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