“We left our own little mark under the bridge that made it into the movie. “I think especially growing up queer and not really knowing how to exist in that space, not really knowing anybody else like you, and then seeing somebody who you have a kinship with who’s long dead is a really personal experience,” Marchant said. Marchant said she felt a “kinship” with Cobain. Kurt was always somebody to kind of look up to and it was really cool to be able to sort of capture that space on film.” “That to me is such an important landmark of Aberdeen’s history,” Marchant said. That is unequivocally one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.” It was also dope to shoot under the Kurt Cobain bridge. “The whole Grays Harbor area is just fantastic. “It was cool to put this slice of Americana on screen and kind of celebrate it,” Feeney said. But, more importantly, it was Grays Harbor itself that charmed Feeney. One of the conveniences of being in a smaller area is how close the different filming locations were. “It profoundly altered a little chunk of the script just for how transcendent it was,” Feeney said about the bridge.Īnd like Marchant and Goshe, who loved filming in Aberdeen and loved how welcoming people genuinely were, Feeney liked how convenient it was to film in the small towns of Aberdeen and Hoquiam. But after seeing it, the feeling was the film needed the sunset effect there. Originally the scene was supposed to take place at night. We were just like, immediately, ‘we’re changing the script to make sure this scene happens at sunset. And as we experienced watching the sunset behind the town, it glistened off the river and everything while we were under the bridge. “We wound up getting to the bridge a little bit before sunset. “It was funny, so we went on location scouting about a month or so before filming started to get a sense of everything for pre-production,” Feeney said. Besides being a fan of Nirvana, it was the bridge itself that Feeney remembers. In addition to taking care of the crew with meals such as vegan chili, chicken fajitas and grilling for the Fourth of July, Feeney talked about one place in particular she loved shooting - underneath the Young Street Bridge. “It was a goofy job because I had to take a lot of dietary considerations into play,” Feeney said. Feeney said she got nothing but rave reviews. We all managed somehow to take our turns doing laundry, taking showers and I don’t remember it ever being a problem.”įeeney, executive producer and on-set coordinator of the film who took care of a lot of the behind-the scenes responsibilities, said it was a little cheaper to feed that many people if there is someone cooking. We all lived there together in Mia’s parents’ home. Everything we needed to be safe and well was taken care of. We had air conditioning when we needed it. Just absolutely tickled pink of how taken care of we were and how attentive everyone was to our needs as far as creature comforts. Alexa, Ian (Schrank) and Rachel (Kendra) all did an amazing job in the kitchen for everybody. “Oh my gosh, can I mention the food?” Goshe said. It was a lot of people who had never been to the area before and it seemed they got a taste of what the Harbor’s all about.” And I think my crew had a really fun time too. Everybody who saw us on the street had to stop and see what was going on. “When people saw us filming on the street they were so excited to see us doing something creative and cool and something that like showed off the area and showcased what was cool about it,” Marchant said. Marchant said filming throughout the area made people curious about what was happening. I don’t know what I expected but I definitely got a warm welcome from people.” I mostly lived in Hoquiam and then moved to Aberdeen down the line. “It was really good,” Marchant said while on a walk through Los Angeles, where she lives now. Mia Moore Marchant wrapped up filming her directorial, feature film “Again Again” on Grays Harbor recently and as she reflects on her time back in the place she grew up, it’s clear she enjoyed a positive experience in her old stomping grounds.
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