Grassroots Movie Filming at Seattle Central Today
Seattle's ever-vigilant neighborhood blogs are keeping tabs on the filming of Grassroots, the feature film based on the memoir Zioncheck for President, authored by former Stranger scribe Phil Campbell.
According to the Capitol Hill Seattle blog, actor Jason Biggs will be on campus at Seattle Central Community College shooting scenes all day. Dying to stand in the background while the American Pie actor says his lines? Then you really should be following Seattle Central on Facebook, 'cuz they posted a casting call for extras a few days ago.
The film crew has also been spotted shooting outside The Comet, elsewhere around Capitol Hill, on Phinney Ridge and at the 5 Spot in Queen Anne. You can also track the film's whereabouts on the official Grassroots site.
Grassroots is directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal (must we always mention that he's the father of Jake and Maggie?) and stars Biggs, Six Feet Under actress Lauren Ambrose and Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother. Tom Arnold and Cedric the Entertainer are also in the cast.
Zioncheck for President tells of Campbell's role managing writer-activist Grant Cogswell's unlikely bid for City Council in 2001. Check out Seattlest's 2005 interview with the author here.
