Reopening Hollywood North
Netflix’s new dramedy series Maid, with Margaret Qualley as Alex the maid, paused production in Victoria for two days this week because of delays in Covid-19 testing results — like many productions in Vancouver.
Filming was suspended on Wednesday and Thursday.
Related: Riverdale, A Million Little Things & Other Shows Pause Production in Vancouver Due to Delays in Covid-19 Testing Results.
On its return to production today, Maid announced the casting of Andie MacDowell as Alex’s mother Paula.
Maid, from producers John Wells & Margot Robbie, is filming in Victoria this Fall/Winter.
Related: Netflix’s Maid With Margaret Qualley & Nick Robinson Starts Filming in Victoria.
Filming dates: September 28th – March 4th, 2021.
A single mother turns to housekeeping to barely make ends meet as she battles against poverty, homelessness and bureaucracy.
Cast: Margaret Qualley as Alex; Nick Robinson as Nick; Anika Noni Rose as Regina, Andie MacDowell as Alex’s mother Paula, Jayce Barreiro as Jefferies.
Margaret Qualley in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Margaret Qualley in Leftovers.
Nick Robinson in Love, Simon.
Anika Noni Rose in Everything Everything.
Andie MacDowell is Alex’s mother Paula, a self-proclaimed artist, who is the life of every party with an endless rotation of boyfriends.
Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley are mother-and-daughter in real life, too.
Andie MacDowell in One Red Nose Day and a Wedding.
Maid is adapted from Stephanie Land’s memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive about what it’s like working as a maid for the wealthy.
Writer: Molly Smith Metzler.
Director: John Wells is directing the premiere episode.
The series will chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to — barely — make ends meet .
Producers: John Wells, Margot Robbie, Erin Jontow, Tom Ackerley, Brett Hedblom.
Filming in Victoria.
Growing circus.
To date, Maid has been spotted filming at a Central Saanich house secluded behind a tall hedge.
Production sign.
