That is a wrap on Stana katic, Estelle Harris, Justin Lee Bartha, Rupert Grint and Bronson Adams!

Welcome to Joel David Moore, Julian Acosta, Steven Schub, Dominic Bogart and Johnny Galecki! We look forward to continuing to work with all of you next week along with Alan Rickman, Donal Logue, Richard de Klerk, Freddy Rodriguez and Ashley Greene!

I didn’t see Stana Katic while she was here, but one extra that I know reported that she was the nicest one on the set. Of course, I got photos of Harris, Bartha, Grint and Adams. You can see those pics here and here.

Donal Logue and Alan Rickman on the “CBGB” set

You can read more about the roles the other actors play on CBGB‘s IMDB page.

I had the good fortune to run into Rupert Grint yesterday (Friday) in Ellis Square, as he walked with his assistant back to their hotel. He was very pleasant, and he seemed genuinely appreciative when I thanked him for coming to Savannah. I told him my name when I shook his hand, but I did not add that I was the one who took the photos of him in a dog collar as The Dead Boys’ Cheetah Chrome. I think it’s a really smart career move for the Harry Potter actor to branch into edgier roles like this.

I also saw Freddy Rodriguez and Justin Bartha at a bar the other night.

So that leaves open the question of the Savannah presence of a couple of other key performers, including Malin Ackerman who will play Debbie Harry, Mickey Sumner who will play Patti Smith, and Taylor Hawkins who will play Iggy Pop. Maybe those actors have already been in town, but I’m not sure.

Click here for a previous post with 16 photos from the CBGB set.

Click here to scroll through all my posts about CBGB.

As I said before, I spent a good bit of an afternoon and evening this week watching the CBGB filming on Congress Street here in Savannah.

In this post, I have some additional shots of the scene in which The Dead Boys (Rupert Grint as Cheetah Chrome, Justin Bartha as Stiv Bators, and Bronson Adams as Johnny Blitz) storm out of CBGB into the street. Once they exist the shot, it continues with some sort of animated discussion between Hilly Kristal (Alan Rickman) and Merv Ferguson (Donal Logue).

There are also a few shots — pretty distant ones — of Cheetah Chrome giving something to a bum on the street and interacting with a couple of nuns. I’m pretty sure that Cheetah flips the nuns off, but I didn’t catch that on film.

I also included a few shots here to give a broader sense of the set.

And, in a nice surprise, you’ll see pics below of the real Cheetah Chrome, Estelle Harris (George Costanza’s mother!), and Savannah native Stratton Leopold, a successful movie producer and owner of Leopold’s Ice Cream. Stratton is not working on this picture, but it was sure nice to see him out on the set. Apparently, Leopold’s is one of Mr. Rickman’s favorite spots in Savannah.

A simple request: please do not copy all of these photos for your own websites. If you’d like to post one, two, or even three of them with a link back to this post, that would be cool with me.

I’ll take another look at the pics I took Wednesday and might follow up with another post if any seem of interest. For the most part, they would just be redundant.

Other questions or requests for permission can be directed to me at billdawers[at]comcast.net.

That’s Alan Rickman and Donal Logue in the lower left, but I’m including this because of the ironies of the Paula Deen Store sign.

The bystanders in Ellis Square sure couldn’t see much during these takes, but people are fascinated by movies.

Between takes

A brief technical problem, quickly fixed

Savannah, Palace Hotel, CBGB, National Leather, Sapphire Grill, The Lady & Sons

Extras waiting for their scene

Savannah-based producer Stratton Leopold and Alan Rickman chat on set

I should have gotten a better shot of Cheetah Chrome, but that’s he standing up. He has a small part as a cab driver, if my information is correct.

Estelle Harris, who plays Hilly Kristal’s mother