Jake Gyllenhaal filmed a powerful moment as Jeff Bauman at TD Garden
Crowds were invited to stay after Tuesday's Bruins game to participate in the scene for the movie titled Stronger.
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal portraying Jeff Bauman for Stronger after the Bruins game on April 5.
Cast and crew for Mark Wahlberg’s Patriots’ Day recently arrived in the Bay State, and now another Hollywood movie that also chronicles the Boston Marathon bombings has begun production in the Boston area.
Stronger, a film based on the autobiographical book of the same title by bombing survivor Jeff Bauman, stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Bauman, a Chelmsford native who went to the the 2013 Marathon to watch his girlfriend cross the finish line when the first bomb went off, taking both his legs.
After Tuesday night’s Bruin’s game at TD Garden, Bruins fans were invited to stay to watch and participate in filming for Stronger.
Gyllenhaal interacts with the crowd.
Given the location and photographs from the scene, it appears that filmmakers were recreating this iconic moment when Bauman waved a “Boston Strong” flag on the ice at the May 4, 2013 Bruins game.
This Twitter video captured the scene from a bird’s-eye view, with Gyllenhaal, as Bauman, waving the flag in a wheelchair, lights flashing and crowd cheering:
Filming for “Stronger” now underway at the Garden. There’s Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman. pic.twitter.com/sZQ4lsO8Iu
— Zack Cox (@zm_cox) April 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/jgolen/status/717539665885184002
Bruins fans who stayed for filming also saw Gyllenhaal interact with the crowd.
‘You guys are so f*%#ing awesome!’ – Jake Gyllenhaal comes out to thank crowd for sticking around. pic.twitter.com/TfC0IXjbH8
— Tricia McCorkle (@triciamcc1) April 6, 2016
https://twitter.com/ADeFuria/status/717566720005824512
Stronger also stars Tatiana Maslany as Bauman’s girlfriend (now wife), Erin Hurley, Miranda Richardson as Bauman’s mom, Patty, and Clancy Brown as his dad, Jeff Bauman Sr. The film is directed by David Gordon Green and is a production of Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment.
Gyllenhaal thanks the crowd of Bruins fans after filming.
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