Paramount+ series 'Lioness' films at Cape Henlopen State Park
"Rolling, rolling! Background, having fun!"
A production team shouted over a megaphone at Herring Point in Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes on Tuesday as they filmed scenes for the Paramount+ series "Lioness."
About 30 extras in swimsuits served as beachgoers while two actresses were transported about 50 yards out by personal watercraft and shot a scene as they treaded water. The actresses then swam back to shore, where they were given robes. They repeated the process at least twice.
Then, over the megaphone: "Nice job, moving onto our next scene!"
A large yacht was anchored just offshore for filming. Production members traversed sandy dunes from the beach to the Herring Point parking lot, where a large white tent had been erected. Also at the top of the parking lot, a camera crew filmed from a tower.
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control police were stationed alongside the two jetties at Herring Point, blocking the public from entering the filming area. Curious locals and visitors walked the drive-on road and doubled back on the beach to get a glimpse of the production.
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The upper parking lot at Herring Point was also blocked off to the public. Though the public could use the lower parking lot, it was nearly full of trucks and buses labeled "King Street Productions."
According to Facebook posts by Alessi Hartigan Casting calling for extras, "Lioness" will also film in Trappe, Maryland, this week. Earlier this month and in August, the show filmed in Baltimore, and now, Alessi Hartigan Casting is looking for extras in the Hagerstown, Maryland, area.
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"Lioness" is being produced by "Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan. It follows "a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within," according to Paramount.
Zoe Saldaña brings some star power to the production, playing Joe, "the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives."
There was no sign of her in Lewes on Tuesday.
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Shannon Marvel McNaught reports on Sussex County, Delaware, and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com and on Twitter @marvelmcnaught
This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Zoe Saldaña series films at Cape Henlopen State Park
