Boston + Hollywood = Bostywood?
The end of summer is certainly getting to be a popular time of year here in Boston. There’s the annual migration of the countless flocks of “college students” descending upon our fair city once again. You can easily spot them, even without binoculars, by their unwashed hair, torn dirty jeans, and you can always find them in close proximity to some filled-to-the-hilt U-Haul or Budget van.
That is definitely to be expected and quite a common site at this time. However, we seem to have a cross-migration of sorts as quite the rarest breeds of visitors are also in Boston at the same time! CELEBRITIES…and we’re talking your A-list quality here, not the reality show pseudo-celebrity type. There are two films currently filming in Boston right now, which might explain the occasional sightings, and another one for mid-September. The first one is The Women, a remake of a 1930s film, and stars Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Annette Bening and Jada Pinkett Smith. The other movie is Bachelor No. 2 (not to be confused with The Bachelor 2…you fans of movie sequels you) and includes stars like Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs (from American Pie fame) and Dane Cook. The third movie that will be filming shortly is Pink Panther Part Deux with Steve Martin.
I love that celebrities are in Boston…I really do. HOWEVER, and I say this with much exasperation in my voice, once all the students are back into their dorm rooms and brownstones and movie trailers blocking up streets and traffic being redirected, getting around Boston is going to be nearly impossible! Oh well…I won’t mind if I happen to run into one of these A-listers myself. One thing’s for sure…the lazy, easy going summer in Boston is officially over!
Boston, movie, film, filming, Hollywood, celebrity, celebrities, The Women, Bachelor 2, Pink Panther Part Deux, Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook
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