An American writer and author of some of the most famous thriller novels has visited Prague. This enigmatic city served as the inspiration for his latest work, Secret of Secrets. Netflix is filming the TV series adaptation in Prague’s most beautiful locations. One of the main locations is the iconic Expo 58 pavilion, which houses the leading Czech auction house, the Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery. Screenwriter Carlton Cuse and the series’ lead actors, Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector, also paid a visit to the pavilion.
One of the most renowned contemporary writers, Dan Brown, is best known for his bestsellers The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. The American author has now been captivated by historic Prague, to which he has dedicated his latest book, Secret of Secrets. He has also described it as his most ambitious work to date. A Netflix production team subsequently travelled to Prague to film a TV series adaptation inspired by Brown’s thriller. The story is set in well-known locations across the capital, which are truly steeped in ancient myths, mysteries and glory. One such location is the Expo 58 building, situated in Letenské sady. The film crew shot several key scenes here, spending several months preparing and filming them.
The Expo 58 Pavilion, which boasts a rich history, welcomed several prominent figures as early as 1958 at the Expo 58 World Exhibition in Brussels, including filmmaker Walt Disney, King Baudouin I of Belgium, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. This year, the pavilion was visited by several contemporary celebrities as part of a film shoot. Among them was Dan Brown himself, who marvelled at the Expo 58 building. The world-renowned screenwriter Carlton Cuse and the successful international actors Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector were also on set during filming. In the series Secret of Secrets, they will portray the main characters, Robert Langdon and Katherine Solomon. Dan Brown also expressed an interest in a unique flat in Prague’s Josefov, designed in 1927 by Adolf Loos, the founder of modern architecture. Vladimír Lekeš, director of the Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery auction house, personally gave Dan Brown a guided tour of the Expo 58 pavilion and Loos’s apartment.
