Florence Pugh performs an English nurse investigating the case of a ravenous lady in 1860s Ireland. What are the filming locations for 'The Wonder'?

Katherine Stinson - Author

Certified acting, Aperol Spritz-sipping icon Florence Pugh is again, and this time, she's starring in a chilling mystery on Netflix called The Wonder.

Florence plays Nurse Lib Wright, who is tasked with gazing a young lady in 1860s Ireland who villagers declare hasn't eaten in months.

"That's impossible," Lib says in the movie's trailer, utterly confused about how a tender girl may just continue to exist so long on a four-month-long speedy.

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Given the movie's 1860s Irish surroundings, we needed to analyze if The Wonder was once in truth filmed in Ireland, or if the movie had a couple of filming locations.

Here's what we know!

What had been the filming locations for 'The Wonder'?

According to a file from Deadline saying Florence's casting in The Wonder, foremost photography for the movie did take place in Ireland.

Florence shared a pic of the gorgeous Irish geographical region on her personal Instagram web page on Aug. 8th, 2021, captioning it with, "Less traffic, greener hills, great Guinness. A different type of Hollywood."

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The film is based off of a ebook of the similar name by means of Irish-Canadian creator Emma Donoghue, who also penned The Room. According to an Irish Central file, The Wonder is the first movie manufacturing commissioned out of the United Kingdom by way of the director of U.Ok. features for Netflix, Fiona Lamptey.

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Fiona registered her personal excitement about the film in the same file, saying that, "I’m incredibly excited to work with such outstanding talent on a unique female lead story. Creating opportunities for UK and Irish talent like Florence in ambitious, distinctive stories of scale — embedded in our landscape — is a key commitment for the film slate we are building here

Is 'The Wonder' based on a true story?

Although the story that The Wonder centers around is adapted from Donoghue's fictional tale, Donoghue was inspired by the real-life phenomena known as the Welsh fasting girls, per a report from Collider.

The girls claimed that they could go without eating for months at a time, and credited their faith for the "marvel" of it all. (Note: please never, ever try that at home.)

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Donoghue didn't base The Wonder on any particular story of a fasting girl (there were many of them, sadly, including one girl who died). However, The Wonder is loosely based on that tragic phenomenon that really did occur in the late 1860s, and suffice it to say it's a trend that needs to stay in the past where it belongs.

You can watch 'The Wonder' on Netflix and in theaters when it premieres on Nov. 16!

Per the official Netflix trailer for The Wonder, the film will be released on Netflix on Nov. 16th, 2022 so subscribers can stream the movie all they want.

However, if you're eager to catch Florence's newest film before everyone that has a Netflix subscription, you're in luck! The film will premiere in select theaters on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd, 2022. (You can check Fandango to peer if the film will be screened at a theater close to you.)

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