Zero Chill

Zero Chill is a British teen drama television series, created by Kirstie Falkous and John Regier for Netflix, and produced by Lime Pictures, with Adam Usden serving as lead writer. The show was filmed in Sheffield, England. Grace Beedie and Dakota Benjamin Taylor star in the series alongside an ensemble cast, portraying the MacBentley twins, who are a figure skater and ice hockey player respectively. The series premiered on 15 March 2021. On 17 November 2021, Netflix cancelled Zero Chill after one season.

Premise
The MacBentley family moves to England from Canada, when Mac is offered a place on a prestigious ice hockey team. His twin sister, Kayla, struggles to adapt to the change, having been separated from her figure skating partner.

Main

 * Grace Beedie as Kayla MacBentley, a figure skater who is forced to move to England when her twin brother, Mac, is offered a place on the Hammers
 * Dakota Benjamin Taylor as "Mac" MacBentley, a talented but arrogant hockey player for the Hammers
 * Jeremias Amoore as Bear Stelzer, captain of the Hammers and Sam's older brother
 * Anastasia Chocholatá as Ava Hammarström, a figure skater who wants to tryout for her father's hockey team
 * Leonardo Fontes as Sam Stelzer, goalie for the Hammers and Bear's naive younger brother
 * Jade Ma as Sky Tyler, an ice skater who stopped due to having leukaemia. She is Kayla's best friend and Mac's love interest.
 * Sarah-Jane Potts as Jenny MacBentley, the mother of Kayla and Mac
 * Doug Rao as Luke MacBentley, the father of Kayla and Mac, and assistant coach for the Hammers
 * Tanja Ribič as Elina Hammarström, the harsh and overbearing mother of Ava, and Anton's ex-wife
 * Oscar Skagerberg as Anton Hammarström, Ava's father, coach of the Hammers and Elina's ex-husband
 * Stan Steinbichler as Nico Haas, one of Mac's teammates who takes a dislike to him
 * Christina Tam as Holly Tyler, the overprotective mother of Sky who is reluctant to let her daughter skate again due to Sky's health

Recurring

 * Toby Murray as Archie Long, a figure skater who cannot find a partner
 * Kenneth Tynan as Jacob Schimmer, Kayla's former skating partner from Toronto
 * Ayumi Roux as Maia Legarde, Jacob's new partner
 * Brett Houghton as Carson Hubick, a player from the Orcas and Mac's rival
 * Jerry Kwarteng as Axel Stelzer, the father of Bear and Sam
 * Calin Bleau as Marek Zelezney, coach of the Wolverines

Production
Producers of Zero Chill wanted to cast real skaters for the series, since it brought "authenticity" that "CGI trickery" could not. Regardless of their skating experience, the cast members were sent to a nine-week training programme prior to filming. Executive producer Angelo Abela stated that the cast members got to try out both sports, so ice skaters could play ice hockey and vice versa. Dakota Benjamin Taylor explained that for the ice skating scenes, cast members were not permitted to do jumps on the ice. After producers met with Team GB figure skating coach David Hartley, the general manager of the IceSheffield, where Hartley works, offered them the opportunity to film the series there. When the cast members went in for training, they were able to watch professional figure skaters training, as well as the Sheffield Steelers.

Abela stated that they used filming techniques that were used on Free Rein, another series produced by Lime Pictures. He explained: "We decided to shoot in two different ways: with the figure skaters we went for very elegant, long tracking shots on the ice. We put cameramen in rickshaws and had them pushed on the ice alongside the skaters. Then, with the hockey scenes, it became much more handheld camera work, filmed behind Perspex screens on the ice." On the choice to film the series in Sheffield, Abala explained that the city is known as a "major ice-skating hub". Other filming locations include Park Hill, Broomhall, Sheaf Valley Park, the Cholera Monument Grounds and Norfolk Heritage Park. Hartley and two members of the Sheffield Steelers were also hired as coaches for the cast members. In November 2021, it was announced by Deadline Hollywood that Netflix had cancelled Zero Chill after one series.