Trinity Bay seduces Hollywood stars for film remake

Trinity Bay in eastern Newfoundland is famous for its picturesque seascapes and foggy coves. But something else is putting the region on the map todaya big movie.

Shooting for The Grand Seduction an English remake of a popular comedy from Quebecis currently underway, with the main set at New Bonaventure.

For Hollywood A-listers like Taylor Kitsch who played the lead in big budget movies like John Carter and Battleship filming in a tiny Newfoundland town is a refreshing change.

"Sometimes when it becomes a huge film, a lot of variables become more and more out of your control," Kitsch told CBC News.

"With this, it's just nice to come and just get the muscles working again. Ive been doing press for a year almost straight, so its nice just to get on camera again and be working."

Kitsch plays the role of Dr. Paul Lewis, a worldly doctor being begged to stay by residents of a small community.

"I won't give away too much of the plot, but once you pluck someone who's used to the big lights, theatres, restaurants, big city things, and you put them in this kind of surrounding, there's some hilarity that really ensues," he said.

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson, along with Newfoundlanders Cathy Jones and Gordon Pinsent, also star in the film.

Pinsent said the Newfoundland location is compatible with the storyline of the 2003 Quebec original.

"It seems to fit perfectly," Pinsent said.

"I can imagine somebody looking at it and saying, If we go with this again, where would we plant it? So theyre planting it right here, and telling the story in the best possible way we can, with the wryness and the humour and the dryness of wit and understanding in life. It has a marvellous feeling to it really quite special."

The Trinity Bay area was the location for another big movie 2001's The Shipping News, which also starred Pinsent.

Filming for The Grand Seduction is expected to wrap up by the end of September.