“The Killer Inside Me” filming in Oklahoma; Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck reunite
Producer Andrew Eaton walks in front of a house on the set of the movie “The Killer Inside Me” Friday in Guthrie. (Photo By Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman)
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The Oklahoman/NewsOK Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett visited the set of “The Killer Inside Me” in Guthrie last week as the production moved from New Mexico to Oklahoma.
While he was on the set, Gene watched stars Casey Affleck and Elias Koteas film a scene and talked to the director, Michael Winterbottom (”A Mighty Heart”) and producer Andrew Eaton.
Winterbottom said part of the appeal to filming in Oklahoma was the state’s incentive package, but he also liked the look of what he found here.
It’s partly that the towns here are great, the look of the towns, the look of the buildings are very good for locations, to kind of get the feel of Texas in the ’50s,” he told Gene.
“And partly because Jim Thompson’s from Oklahoma, so it was an incentive to come and film in his home state,” the director said.
“The Killer Inside Me” is based on a celebrated 1952 pulp novel by Oklahoma-born author Jim Thompson, who also wrote “The Getaway” and “The Grifters,” both of which were adapted into hit movies. Affleck stars as a small-town deputy trying to conceal his homicidal nature, and Kate Hudson plays his innocent schoolteacher girlfriend.
The film also stars Jessica Alba, who plays a prostitute. She will join the production within the next five weeks as it moves from Guthrie to Cordell, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Enid, Gene reports. The film also stars Simon Baker, Bill Pullman, Ned Beatty and Tom Bower.
Hudson told Gene was is pleased to reunited with Affleck, with whom she worked on 1999’s “200 Cigarettes” and 1998’s “Desert Blue.”
“I have a great character, and obviously the novel is famous,” said Hudson, who turned brunette for the part.
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-BAM
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Hi, My Grandparents live across the street of the house that you are using in the Movie The Killer Inside Me in Guthrie Ok, I just think it’s cool!
Dr. Robert L. Chamblee, who co-wrote the screenplay for the 1976 version of this film, has died. His funeral is today in little Starr, SC. I’m the minister conducting teh funeral and learned about the remake of the film in doing research on Dr. Chamblee’s life. Thought you might want to know this information. I’ll be sharing a bit about the film at the service today (old and new) due to his involvement with the original. We’re all interested in what the new version will be like. Do good work!
Jim Thomason, Pastor, FBC, Anderson, SC
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