...The devastation of that town will also have a long-term impact on the CBC family series Heartland, which is currently 30 days into shooting its seventh season. While much of the show is shot in Millarville and at the Currie Barracks in Calgary, producers use High River as a stand-in for the fictional town of Hudson. Portions of the show are also shot at a backlot in Bragg Creek, which also suffered damage, said executive producer Jordy Randall of Calgary’s Seven24 Films. But High River is the site for Maggie’s Diner, a set that often plays into Heartland storylines. It was swamped with flood water along with the rest of the town.
“It’s a very regular and central kind of location because it’s our only set in a town setting where people are meeting,” said Randall, adding that the production also uses High River’s streets and storefronts for shooting. “It’s really the centre of the activity from a town perspective. We had scripts written that we were about to start shooting that took place there. So step one is to rewrite some of those stories so those things happen elsewhere”
Production has not stopped on Heartland. Cameras started rolling again Monday in Calgary, Randall said.
Future production troubles obviously pale in comparison to what High River residents are facing themselves, Randall says. He said cast and crew are distraught over the disaster that has hit a town and plan on holding fundraisers for it.
“It’s become our home,” he said. “The face of Heartland continues to be High River and High River has embraced us as part of its tourism platform. That is our home in the show. To see what they are going through out there is just heart-wrenching.”...
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“It’s a very regular and central kind of location because it’s our only set in a town setting where people are meeting,” said Randall, adding that the production also uses High River’s streets and storefronts for shooting. “It’s really the centre of the activity from a town perspective. We had scripts written that we were about to start shooting that took place there. So step one is to rewrite some of those stories so those things happen elsewhere”
Production has not stopped on Heartland. Cameras started rolling again Monday in Calgary, Randall said.
Future production troubles obviously pale in comparison to what High River residents are facing themselves, Randall says. He said cast and crew are distraught over the disaster that has hit a town and plan on holding fundraisers for it.
“It’s become our home,” he said. “The face of Heartland continues to be High River and High River has embraced us as part of its tourism platform. That is our home in the show. To see what they are going through out there is just heart-wrenching.”...
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