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Photos (and Spoiler Alert!): Hit Drama “Homeland” Filmed Overnight at Bushwick’s Garden Playground

Hollywood heavy hitter Claire Danes was on location as the Showtime series filmed part of its sixth season in the neighborhood.

Photos (and Spoiler Alert!): Hit Drama “Homeland” Filmed Overnight at Bushwick’s Garden Playground

Photos (and Spoiler Alert!): Hit Drama “Homeland” Filmed Overnight at Bushwick’s Garden Playground

Hollywood heavy hitter Claire Danes was on location as the Showtime series filmed part of its sixth season in the neighborhood.

Photos (and Spoiler Alert!): Hit Drama “Homeland” Filmed Overnight at Bushwick’s Garden Playground
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Hit Showtime TV series “Homeland” filmed a scene for its sixth season in Bushwick on Wednesday night, at Garden Playground on Beaver Street at Ellery Street.

The film crew arrived before sunset, and the single local shoot was scheduled to wrap at 2:00 a.m. A source with knowledge about the production tells Bushwick Daily that the shoot would account for five pages worth of material within the episode’s script, and another source told Bushwick Daily that the production had secured access to the entire block for the night.

Claire Danes, the actress who plays protagonist Carrie Mathison, a bipolar CIA agent, was on set; a production source told Bushwick Daily that the high profile performer waited to shoot inside P.S. 120 Carlos Tapia, the elementary school abutting Garden Playground.

The show has accumulated a slew of awards since its premiere in 2011, including the 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series and the 2011 and 2012 Golden Globe…

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