Judi Dench, BBC Cause Traffic Jam In Potomac
Drivers on River Road say the street was backed up due to filming.
Potomac drivers experiencing the long traffic lines on River Road Thursday morning may be mollified, or further annoyed, to learn it’s because British actress Judi Dench is in town filming a BBC production. Traffic slowed on River Road early Thursday and reportedly was backed up all the way to Travilah, according to one resident on Twitter. Witnesses speculated that police had closed the road to guard the set of “Philomena Lee,” a movie about an Irish woman searching for her son from whom she was separated following his illegitimate birth. According to county spokeswoman Lucille Baur, police did not block off the road, but drivers, seeing that crews were filming at a private residence near Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox …
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Michaela Szalay
6:39 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
So very exciting to have had such an awesome actress in our small hometown of Poolesville! more ›