PARKER COUNTY —
Actors and crews were south of Millsap Tuesday and again today, shooting the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced pilot of “Chase,” which will air on NBC TV perhaps early this summer.
The pilot features a group of Texas-based U.S. Marshals – part of a team chasing violent criminals – who track a fugitive in Dallas, Fort Worth and across the “Mexico/U.S. Border near El Paso” in western Parker County.
The show's team of marshals includes Kelli Giddish (“Past Life”), Amaury Nolasco (“Prison Break”), Cole Hauser (“Good Will Hunting”), Rose Rollins (“The L Word”) and Jesse Metcalfe (“Desperate Housewives”).
On Tuesday and again today, the actors, approximately 80 extras and many crew staged a Mexico/U.S. border scene on the old State Highway 80 steel bridge crossing the Brazos River.
The fugitive, played by Travis Fimmel (“The Beast” and “Tarzan”) dodges through and around vehicles and pedestrians on the bridge pursued by Giddish and her team. His character, Mason Boyle, eventually jumps into the muddy “Rio Grande River,” (really the Brazos) along with Giddish – or her stunt double.
Bruckheimer is know for action in such films as “Armageddon” and “Top Gun” and in the “CSI” television series. Other locations for Bruckheimer’s Dallas-based production are East Dallas neighborhoods and the Fort Worth stockyards, where they wove in and through the longhorn herd.
Staff writer Libby Cluett can be reached at (940) 325-4465, ext. 3422, or lcluett@mineralwellsindex.com.
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'Chase' co-stars Rose Rollins, left, and Amaury Nolasco pose for a reporter's camera during a break while shooting scenes near Millsap on Tuesday for episodes of a new television action series called 'Chase.' Libby Cluett/Index
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The team of marshals pictured, from left, are Kelli Giddish, Amaury Nolasco, Cole Hauser, Rose Rollins and Jesse Metcalfe, shown during filming of the new TV show 'Chase.' Libby Cluett/Index
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The steel tressle bridge over the Brazos River in southwestern Parker County, south of Millsap, has been transformed this week into an El Paso border crossing over the Rio Grande river, complete with signage and flags, for filming of episodes of the new television series 'Chase,' scheduled to air early this summer. Libby Cluett/Index
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