Stars seen on set of 'August: Osage County'
BY Staff Reports
Friday, September 28, 2012
9/28/12 at 5:25 PM
PAWHUSKA -- Filming continues on "August: Osage County" Friday, this time in downtown Pawhuksa.
The film began shooting this week in and around Bartlesville and Pawhuska and is being produced by George Clooney. Stars include Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Juliette Lewis and Margo Martindale.
The movie is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Oklahoma native Tracy Letts.
On Friday, Clooney could be seen on the set near the landmark Triangle Building. As could Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Little Charles, a 37-year-old man who is unemployed and who’s grown accustomed to his mother referring to him as the “screw-up” of the family.
Cumberbatch is the British star of “Sherlock” on BBC and is an increasing presence in movies.
Also seen was Chris Cooper, who is cast as Charlie, the long-suffering husband of Mattie Fae.
Cooper is perhaps best known for roles in "The Bourne Identity," "American Beauty," "Seabiscuit," and "Adaptation," for which he won an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
The play "August: Osage County" is about a former college professor and one-time famous poet who disappears from his residence in a rural area outside Pawhuska.
He has just hired a housekeeper to care for the home and to keep an eye on his pill-popping wife, but when he vanishes, generations of the Weston family descend upon the three-story home.
A dozen people inside a house at such an emotional time is bound to create a scene or two. The Westons have so many sins and secrets they are hiding that Letts created what many have deemed one of the great American plays out of all their volcanic scenes.
The production is expected to run eight weeks.
Associated Images:
Chris Cooper and Benedict Cumberbatch during filming for August: Osage County on Friday. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
Chris Cooper and Benedict Cumberbatch during filming for August: Osage County on Friday. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Little Charles in the movie based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Oklahoma native Tracy Letts. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
Chris Cooper plays Charles Aiken, the long-suffering husband of Mattie Fae, in "August: Osage County." He’s been cowed by his wife's spiteful comments into becoming a man who’s too afraid to put his foot down and restore order to his marriage. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
George Clooney talks with producing partner Grant Heslov, left, and director John Wells on set during filming for "August: Osage County" on Friday. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
George Clooney arrives for filming "August: Osage County" Friday in Pawhuska. MIKE SIMONS/ Tulsa World
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