The cast and crew of Stan crime drama Scrublands have reported mixed feelings about their pending wrap on their season two shoot in Augusta. Production has taken over the seaside town and brought a welcome boost to the economy at the outset of winter, before filming concludes on July 12. Rhetoric aside, co-producer Martha Coleman from Third Act Stories and the Australian show’s leading stars expressed a deep fondness for the coastal hamlet.
Coleman told the Times the visiting film crew quickly felt at home in Augusta after residents embraced the production and opened their doors and businesses to the cast, which included lead actors Bella Heathcote and Luke Arnold. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. But Coleman said many genuinely felt there was something “incredibly special” about Augusta and its surrounds and she urged local authorities to protect its existing character against future over-development.
“It’s like a coastal town from my childhood in that it hasn’t been ruined,” Coleman said. “It’s not become something it’s not. “It’s like the gift that keeps giving.
We’ve got all of our locations there.” Operating under the code name Silver, the Stan series sees Arnold’s journalist character return to his WA home town with his girlfriend, played by Heathcote. As is typical of crime dramas, things soon turn pear-shaped.
Arnold said he appreciated the warm welcome from the Augusta community. “It.