"They wanted to do everything on location, everything authentic Greek. I woke up one day and I was told to go home, go back to Philly - because I was living in New York. 'Go home to Philly. Get your underwear, your passport. There will be a limo in the driveway to take you to the airport. You’re going to get on a plane to Greece. You’ll be in Greece in 24 hours,'" recalls Rady.
Michael Rady on Picking up the Greek Accent: "We had four days. They flew a dialect coach in from London and we just sat there morning, noon and night, all day long working the accent. We’d go out to lunch and I had to use the accent. It was very intense, very intensive. Normally it takes like five months to work on. We were a little cramped for time – four days."
On Working with Alexis Bledel: "She was a doll. She’s so cute and sweet and dear and beautiful and quirky. She just kept me laughing the whole time."
Downtime in Greece: "There wasn’t much time. On location you’re just shoot, shoot, shoot. We had one day off and I think we both kind of crashed and passed out that day."
Michael Rady on What the Filmmakers Saw in Him That Made Him the Right Choice to Play a Greek Teen: "I don’t know. One person in my life in a passing conversation said, 'Oh, you look Greek.' So when I went to audition for this I was like, 'That person – they’re going to laugh if I get this.' (Laughing) I don’t know what it was they saw."
