Recording Mother of the Bride it was as close to vacation as work can be!
Ahead of the premiere of Netflix’s new romantic comedy, actresses Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove opened up to PEOPLE about the benefits of staying at two “really nice” resorts in Thailand: Anantara Mai Khao and Anantara Layan, on the island of Phuket.
“It was my first time going to Thailand,” Cosgrove adds, saying she celebrated her 30th birthday while they were on location last May — and her mom even came to visit!
Do you want to make your trip even more special? Cosgrove’s 30th birthday — May 14, 2023 — landed on Mother’s Day last year.
“We celebrated Mother’s Day and my birthday, and that was really special. I don’t think I’ll ever forget it,” says the actress.
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Miranda Cosgrove and Brooke Shields on Netflix Mother of the Bride (2024).
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To mark the occasion together, Cosgrove and her mom “went to this really cute restaurant by the beach,” which was a nice way to explore after spending most of their time at the resort for filming up until that point.
“It was fun, because we rented a car and had to go, and then one day we went to an elephant sanctuary in Phuket,” iCarly recalls the alum. “I’ve never been to an elephant sanctuary before. I love elephants and animals. It was a really great day.”
Cosgrove’s birthday and Mother’s Day also coincided with another big birthday: that of Shields’ older daughter Rowan, who turned 20 the next day and also joined her mom on set in Thailand.
“Rowan and her boyfriend came, and then she and I had a long weekend on another island to celebrate her birthday,” says Shields, 58. “It was really nice to see her interacting with Miranda.”
The actress and model adds: “There was something very beautiful about seeing mothers with their daughters, seeing my daughter coming with me, [Miranda’s] mother to come and be with her. The way it all worked together was just, you want it.”
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From L: Tasneem Roc, Brooke Shields and Miranda Cosgrove at Netflix Mother of the Bride (2024).
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Mother of the Bride follows Shields as Lana, who gets the surprise of her life at her daughter Emma’s (Cosgrove) destination wedding when she meets the father of the groom — who happens to be her former student who broke her heart decades ago, played by Benjamin Bratt.
While Shields jokes “there were bugs the size of newborn kittens” on the “really hot” and often “uncomfortable” set, it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be there with Rowan, Cosgrove, director Mark Waters and the rest of the cast and crew: Sean Teale, Chad Michael Murray, Rachael Harris, Wilson Cruz, Michael McDonald, Tasneem Roc and Dalip Sondhi.
“It felt like theater, from my theater experience, because we were all thrown into such a foreign environment together…we were together the whole time,” she recalls.
“We all stayed together, which was really nice. And we all lived close to each other [on location]”, explains the actress and mother of two children.
Cosgrove adds, “One of the special things about making the movie was — being so far away from home, all of us, and in a new place — I really feel like we all got to know each other pretty quickly.”
Mother of the Bride now streaming on Netflix.
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