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www.NEWS-REPORTER.com Movie finishes first days of local filming; local extras lined up for April production
Vianlix Mestey-Schneider and her sister, Vivian Mestey-Wolfe, set up auditions Friday evening and met some of the dozens of historically costumed Wilkes County extras experienced in portraying the Civil War era. The extras will take part in the second session of filming next spring, when the movie company will return to film more outdoor scenes at Holly Court Inn. This weekend was full with filming and preparations running from early in the morning until late at night, said assistant director James Johnson. With a tight schedule for the four-day shoot, actors and crew filmed both indoors and outdoors at Holly Court, then went to film outdoors at the Wilkes County home of Doug and Susan Abramson. "The Abramsons' place had nice, wide-open spaces we needed," Johnson said. The cast and crew filled the Holly Court Inn bed and breakfast, with owners Phil and Margaret Rothman feeding and tending to their many needs.
When the production company returns in the spring, they will need to cover those streets with dirt to simulate 19th century plantation Virginia, and will then make use of the costumed extras they auditioned last week.
"Everyone has been great here, so friendly. We can't wait to come back in the spring," Mestey-Schneider said. "Washington is a wonderful place to make a movie."
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