The village of Bayfield has gone a little Hollywood this week.
A crew of about 70 people, plus cast members moved into Bayfield and started production Monday on a film called Trigger Point, Directed by Brad Turner. As it turns out, Turner was born in Bayfield and still lives in the village for half of the year.
He and the movie is about a special agent in a U. S. Intelligence operation who essentially wants to retire and disappear.
"One of their main operatives has decided to hold out in a small town because everybody thought he would go to Brussels, or Spain, or Barcelona or somewhere really exotic to hide out. So he hid out in plain sight basically in the rural U.S.A."
Bayfield is being portrayed as a New York, upstate, small town.
"So a small town that's been around forever but hasn't been discovered by New York City yet. It's kind of its own little society, has its own time and people who have lived here all of their lives. Lots of local flavour."
Turner said he and his wife, Jessica, have been in Bayfield since February because of COVID, so it's been a great opportunity to visit with relatives, but he says everyone in the village has been very interested, since it's the first major production that's been done in Bayfield and they've been very co-operative.
Turner said they'll be shooting in Bayfield until the end of the week.
