DirecTV’s Rogue has been tough to find filming on location in Vancouver, so it was a pleasant surprise to spot them out in the open on Saturday afternoon at the Bentall 5 tower downtown dressed as Trade Investments. Production has been “hush hush”, one of their productions guys told me last week out at Deer Lake. No kidding. All we really know is that the American satellite network’s first original series stars Thandie Newton (Mission Impossible 2, Crash) as Grace, a morally-compromised undercover cop in Oakland, who’s cavorting with Marton Csokas’s crime boss, who may have been involved in her son’s death. Now that’s a complicated relationship.
Could Marton Csokas’s crime boss be the tall dressed-in-black mafioso type in the scene below? If so, Csokas (Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland) is virtually unrecognizable with jet black hair, except for his height. Joining him in the walk and talk out of Bentall 5 is BC’s own Frank Cassini. (Blackstone) I also spotted BC’s own Ian Tracey (DaVinci’s Inquest, Intelligence, Sanctuary) on set but didn’t see him in a scene.
Ian Tracey is Detective Lucas “Mitch” Mitchel.
Of course, as often happens, I found Rogue again today filming inside La Terrazza, a Yaletown restaurant at Pacific and Cambie. And this time, Thandie Newton seemed to be on set, but I can’t be sure. I saw someone who looked like Newton come out after the shoot wrapped, wearing a long black coat and getting into a waiting Flex star car.
Production then packed up quickly and moved north to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, where Rogue has filmed before. Nice high-end locations.
Hi Susan, I saw some trucks outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre late yesterday afternoon and apparently it was Rogue. The crew guy told me Thandie Newton was in it. I’m pleased to hear Marton Czokas is in it as well.
Thanks. So that’s where Rogue went after La Terrazza. They’ve filmed in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre before. Will be an interesting series, I’m sure.