Inside the stunning coastal town where Netflix's Perfect Couple was REALLY filmed - and it's not Nantucket

The Perfect Couple may be set on the island of Nantucket, but the Netflix limited series was actually filmed on a nearby coastal town in Cape Cod. Despite the fact that all of Elin Hilderbrand’s novels are set on her home of Nantucket, the filming crew opted to stage the show on Chatham to still give it an 'authentic Cape and island feel,' the author told Boston.com. Despite the fact that all of Elin Hilderbrand’s novels are set on her home of Nantucket, the filming crew opted to stage the show on Chatham to still give it an 'authentic Cape and island feel,' the author said The Perfect Couple follows Kidman and Liev Schrieiber's characters as their lives turn upside down after a body washes up on a beach Chatham is a vibrant tourist town located on the 'elbow' of the Cape and is the most easterly part of Massachusetts. Production crews transformed the popular summer spot into Nantucket by constructing a fake police station between Chatham Light Liquors and Chatham Perk coffee shop in April 2023, according to Cape Code Times. Some scenes are still filmed on the expensive island to give it a real Nantucket feel The second unit shot was 'extensively' filmed on the wealthy island and places like Bartlett's Farm had footage filmed overhead, the author said The show, which released Thursday, has scooped up a variety of reviews from 'daft' to 'derivative' to 'ludicrously good.'