Yes, Adrian started shooting his new film in February 2001, which was the musical "Moulin Rouge." That's why he had Nicole begin dance and singing training early on, and why he sent the script to Baz Luhrmann and invited him to discuss it when he was in the United Kingdom—all to ensure the smooth commencement of filming today.
Of course, the preparation involved far more than this. As a musical, and one that tells tales from the still-famed Moulin Rouge in Paris—though the movie only borrowed the name—the necessary groundwork couldn't be skimped on. The costumes of the time, the environment, the stages, all of these had to be meticulously recreated, and for this purpose, Adrian had the internal set of the Moulin Rouge fully reconstructed within the film studio.
