September 2008

Dorian Gray Filming

Chiswick Town Hall played host to the feature film Dorian Gray filming in the Old Council Chamber. The production starring Ben Barnes ( The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ), Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall is filming at major locations in the London area including Greenwich, Central London and Highgate. Location Manager Pat Karam said he had a 'tough job on his hands finding good locations for a major period picture in London in 2008' as the larger period locations are few and far between and getting more expensive. Productions like this often go to Eastern Europe, Prague or Budapest, as it's cheaper to film there; the  streets are less modern than London streets and so it's easier to turn into 'Victorian London'.