Scenes from an indie film called “Safety Not Guaranteed” were shot in Green Lake last week, and today the cast and crew are in Maple Leaf.
Green Lake resident Joshua Tufts reports seeing film production vehicles last Monday (May 16, 2011) on Bagley Ave N just north of East Green Lake Dr N.
Last Wednesday (May 18), Joshua’s son Brayden got these autographs from cast members Aubrey Plaza, who also plays April Ludgate in Parks and Recreation, and Jeff Garlin, best known for his role as Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm:
Photo courtesy Joshua Tufts
The Safety Not Guaranteed cast and crew can be found in Maple Leaf today (Wednesday, May 25 2011).
Our news partner Maple Leaf Life shared this information:
Scenes for “Safety Not Guaranteed,” an indie movie involving time travel and Kristen Bell (you haven’t been Forgetting Sarah Marshall, have you?) will be shot Wednesday afternoon at Wild Root, and we’re told the cast and crew will be lunching at the Ale House.
No, Kristen won’t be here. But co-star Jake Johnson will.
As to the movie…here’s the advance word fromThe New York Times:
Darius, a young magazine intern, is recruited to help a staff writer, Jeff, with a story about a bizarre young man who has advertised for a time-traveling partner. She, Jeff, and fellow intern, Arnau, travel to a small town to get information on the paranoid but strangely compelling young man. But Darius feels torn, underhanded and disloyal when she begins to have genuine feelings for her subject, who is clearly smitten by her as well.
According to Internet lore, the movie started with a fake classified ad:
Update, Thursday May 26 - Film crews were in Laurelhurst earlier this month.
