My Sweet Alex O'Loughlin

Posted Jul 31 2009, 11:15 PM by Rob Owen in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Thanks to Rob Owen for the interesting news posting in his article as:

• The description of the new hospital: "... Instead, the new hospital has deep colors: A maroon floor, warm green and yellow walls and huge TV monitors everywhere, including one featuring a map of Pittsburgh that resembles a weather radar. Hospital rooms are designed to resemble a luxury hotel in an effort to calm patients' nerves..."

• The pilot shot in Pittsburgh will not be the first episode "... Because the new interior doesn't match the pilot -- and because of several roles being re-cast (Julia Ormond is out as Dr. Sophia Jordan; "St. Elsewhere" veteran Alfre Woodard is in)..." and "...A new premiere episode is in production now..."

• New scenes will be filmed in Pittsburgh on August 17: "... Series stars Alex O'Loughlin ("Moonlight") and Katherine Moennig ("The L Word") will return to Pittsburgh Aug. 17 to film two scenes to insert in two upcoming episodes. A scene for the new first episode features O'Loughlin's Dr. Andy Yablonski playing rugby with some old neighborhood buddies in a park (rugby doesn't seem all that Pittsburgh-y, does it?); another scene for the show's fourth episode features Moennig's Dr. Miranda Foster and Yablonski having a conversation with Downtown Pittsburgh in the background. A flyover scene for the premiere -- shot from a helicopter -- will follow an ambulance as it enters the Ft. Pitt Tunnel from the Parkway West and then fly over Mt. Washington to see the ambulance emerge on the other side with the beauty shot of Pittsburgh's Downtown. (Information on filming locations is not available.)..."

• A possible second trip in Pittsburgh? "... Producers hope to make a second trip to shoot local scenes during the first 13 episodes; if a back nine episodes are ordered, cast members would ideally return for one additional filming trip in the show's first season..."

• Scrubs changing: "... Odd, clingy scrubs that resembled "Star Trek" uniforms in thePittsburgh pilot have been discarded in favor of more normal-lookingscrubs..."

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