Movie Crew Shoots Road Scenes in Asheville
Movie stars continue to be scene stealers in Downtown Asheville this week. "Here's a picture of the stars Zach and Kristen," says Paula Apostolopoulos, co-owner of Mediterranean Restaurant. Last night, Zach Galifianakis and Kristen Wiig of "Untitled Armored Car" were spotted at a fake a.t.m. near the very real Asheville eatery. Dusty Allison posted a photo of the two on Instagram. "Yes right in front of the med!" says Paula, showing us pictures of the armored car outside the restaurant Tuesday night. Unfortunately the crew asked to take the sign down during the shoot. "Which was kind of disappointing," she laments. "Because I thought the Med sign would be on the new movie ha ha." After wrapping up downtown shoots Wednesday, Hollywood went Broadway, as in Broadway Street. Accompanied by Asheville Police, a rolling camera rig went east and west on the street. "We just saw the convoy going by. Shooting for the film I assume," says Tammy Wyatt of Asheville. There were two men positioned in the back of that truck, getting shots of the armored car on the route. There were more road blocks in the River Arts District, where other road scenes were shot on Riverside. And while they've packed up at Pack Square, the crew has still a few weeks of shooting left here in the mountains. They'll wrap up here in WNC on August 18th. From there, the crew continues shooting the film in Puerto Rico. "It was pretty exciting Asheville is the new Hollywood," says Apostolopoulos. By: John Le Follow John on Twitter @AbsoluteLe _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: / news13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: / wlos_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: / wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Cha... Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anch... Watch more top local news stories: • Western Loses At ETSU, Highlights and more For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
