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Pan from Tower of the Winds in ancient Roman agora to movie set2. WS movie set \"My Life in Ruins\"3  MS  Nia Vardalos on set4. MS director Donald Petrie on set6. WS scene being acted out on set7....\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 15 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan from Tower of the Winds in ancient Roman agora to movie set\u003cbr/\u003e2. WS movie set \"My Life in Ruins\"\u003cbr/\u003e3  MS  Nia Vardalos on set\u003cbr/\u003e4. MS director Donald Petrie on set\u003cbr/\u003e6. WS scene being acted out on set\u003cbr/\u003e7. CU director's board reading \"My Life in Ruins\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 17 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nia Vardalos, actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is a script that was written by a man named Mike Reiss. He has taken many, many tours that go, went all over different countries and he wrote this movie and then I took it and I kind of added some stuff and made it about this romantic journey. This is, this is a movie about hope, about finding love when you least expect that it can happen to you, when you've given up, that it's just never going to happen to you. There it is.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 15 October 2007 \u003cbr/\u003e9. CU director Donald Petrie\u003cbr/\u003e10. MS Vardalos on set \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 17 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Nia Vardalos, actress, answering question what it's like being back in Greece and filming a Hollywood production:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's pretty cool. It's pretty fun. There are well-wishers everywhere we go and they are like 'hey' you know, it's really fun and of course we want people to come to Greece but we are not trying to make it a tourist video for Greece. We just want people to take the chance and visit the Parthenon and visit Olympia and visit Delphi, so really it's, it's about love and it's about romance, and it's, if you're looking for that special someone, why not come to the most romantic spot in the world, I think.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 15 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e12. VS scene from movie \"My Life in Ruins\" being filmed \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 17 October 2007 \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nia Vardalos, actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"You know I don't want it to seem like it was difficult in terms of that we had to go through red tape, because they were very, very helpful. We just had to be respectful of the ruins, and we of course, were willing to be respectful. So once we all showed each other that, that you know, there were restrictions but we were willing to of course adhere to the restrictions, there were no creative restrictions to the script. They asked to read the script just to check for authenticity, but nobody made us rewrite anything or anything like that. Was that a good sentence that was grammatically correct? OK. Good. I'm a little tired.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 17 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e14. Ground shot camera boom on set WS movie set\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 15 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e15. MS  Petrie and Vardalos on set\u003cbr/\u003e16. WS movie set\u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eAthens - 17 October 2007\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE (English) Nia Vardalos, actress, answering question whether they had considered building a set of ancient sites if they didn't get the permits to film in the archaeological sites:\u003cbr/\u003e(shaking her head 'no') \"No we just didn't. We just didn't. We all had such hope that we didn't think we would ever build it. you just can't write a movie about locations as beautiful as this and then build it. It had to be the Acropolis, it had to be Delphi, it had to be Olympia. So we're really lucky.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. WS movie set near columned gate to the ancient Roman Agora\u003cbr/\u003e23. CU director's monitor of shot being filmed\u003cbr/\u003e24. MS Petrie watching monitor\u003cbr/\u003e25. MS Vardalos chatting on set\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English) Nia Vardalos, actress:\u003cbr/\u003e(laughs) \"What downtime? We've gone to, in this area, the Plaka, there are about, I would say, just hundreds of restaurants and our goal is to eat at every single one of them.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. CU bouzouki player on set\u003cbr/\u003e28. WS follows camera during the filming of a scene from movie\u003cbr/\u003e29. MS - WS follows Vardalos being filmed for scene \u003cbr/\u003e \"My Big Fat Greek Wedding\" star Nia Vardalos  has been filming among the ruins of the Acropolis for her new romantic comedy 'My Life in Ruins.'\u003cbr/\u003eThe famous landmark will appear on screen along with other Greek archaeological treasures,following a decision by Greek authorities to relax their ban on any commercial use of ancient sites. \u003cbr/\u003eSeveral movies have been denied permission to shoot in archaeological sites over the years.\u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities vetted the 'My Life in Ruins' script for historical accuracy and convened a panel of senior archaeologists to give final approval.\u003cbr/\u003eDirector Donald Petrie has denied suggestions the script was watered down to secure access to ancient sites, saying restrictions to protect the monuments were obvious.\u003cbr/\u003eVardalos told AP Entertainment \"We just had to be respectful of the ruins, and we of course, were willing to be respectful. So once we all showed each other that, that you know, there were restrictions but we were willing to of course adhere to the restrictions, there were no creative restrictions to the script. They asked to read the script just to check for authenticity, but nobody made us rewrite anything or anything like that.\u003cbr/\u003eThe production has already filmed at Delphi and Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games.\u003cbr/\u003eVardalos said building replicas of the ancient sites on set was never considered an alternative option. \u003cbr/\u003e\"No we just didn't. We just didn't. We all had such hope that we didn't think we would ever build it. you just can't write a movie about locations as beautiful as this and then build it. It had to be the Acropolis, it had to be Delphi, it had to be Olympia. So we're really lucky.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe 45-year old Canadian actress plays a tour guide in the film, which also stars Richard Dreyfuss.\u003cbr/\u003eVardalos was nominated for an Oscar for her screenplay for the surprise international 2002 hit \"My Big Fat Greek Wedding\".\u003cbr/\u003eHere, she adapts a screenplay by Mike Reiss. \u003cbr/\u003e\"He has taken many, many tours that go, went all over different countries and he wrote this movie and then I took it and I kind of added some stuff and made it about this romantic journey,\" said Vardalos. \"This is, this is a movie about hope, about finding love when you least expect that it can happen to you, when you've given up, that it's just never going to happen to you. 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