TORONTO (PGN) >> Drew Barrymore was on Front Street this afternoon shooting scenes for Grey Gardens, the HBO movie in production here until early December.No fan of the paparazzi, the actress ducked behind umbrellas as she made her way to and from the set in front of the Royal York hotel. In the photo, at right, Barrymore is seen in the passenger seat of a vehicle taking her to her luxury trailer on Bremmer Boulevard.
Tonight, Barrymore is shooting a winter scene outside the lower level of Union Station.
Grey Gardens is based on the true story of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (Jessica Lange) and her daughter Edith Bouvier Beale (Barrymore) who made headlines in 1971 when the health department raided their run-down mansion in East Hampton, New York. Authorities found dozens of cats as well as raccoons and piles of garbage and excrement but agreed not to evict the women when family member Jacqueline Onassis (Jeanne Tripplehorn) stepped in to pay for a clean-up. (The women died in 1977 and 2002 respectively.) A musical play, based on a 1975 documentary, opened on Broadway last year.
Barrymore hasn’t worked in Toronto since shooting the comedy Fever Pitch here in 2004.
Grey Gardens also stars familiar TV faces Malcolm Gets (Caroline in the City), Arye Gross (Ellen) and Ken Howard (Crossing Jordan). Troubled actor Daniel Baldwin, who arrived at Pearson International Airport tonight, is also part of the cast.
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