One of downtown Wilmington’s more iconic buildings got a “Sleepy Hollow” makeover earlier today.
The Fox sci-fi series turned the imposing Carolina Apartments, at the corner of Market Street and Fifth Avenue, into the fictional “Sleepy Hollow Suites,” as indicated by signs displayed on its doors.
A film permit states the scene filmed there today involved a character driving up to the building and two characters searching an apartment inside. Two cast members, as many as 100 crew members and one lucky extra took part in the scene, which was filmed over the course of the morning and afternoon.
The filming was not the first the apartment building has seen, as Carolina Apartments has served as a location for such films as “Blue Velvet” and “Safe Haven,” among other productions.
Most notable for “Blue Velvet,” the 1986 David Lynch thriller, the building was featured prominently as the residence of Dorothy Vallens, the character played by Isabella Rosellini. The adjacent Kenan Fountain, in the Fifth-and-Market intersection, was also featured—as it has been as well in scenes for “Sleepy Hollow.”
The series is currently filming its sophomore season, which is set to premiere on Fox on Sept. 22.
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