Ides of March filming on Miami University campus
Candice Silva
Actor George Clooney and film crew shifted venues today to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio to continue shooting for the new movie “Ides of March.” It is finals week on the Miami campus, but many students are taking a break to be a part of the filming for Clooney’s new movie. Publicist, Tracy Schaefer said the production liked the brick buildings and their architecture, which is reminiscent of a classic New England, Ivy league school.
Security is now at full force while the crew starts to shoot the film in front of the Farmer School of Business on the campus in Oxford. According to Middletown Journal, about 50 people gathered outside the school this morning to watch. Actor Ryan Gosling was also spotted around the set.
Natalie Chlan, a freshman business student from Boston, gave her thoughts on Monday about the film.
“I think this is a perfect place to film. We only know they’re here from hearsay, because no one’s really told us anything about it.”
The filming will also take place at Hall Auditorium later this week, where Clooney, who plays a political candidate, will give a speech. The audience will consist of more than 700 people, who are mostly Miami students.
Kristen Krempp, another Miami student, got confirmation that she will be one of the unpaid extras. “I didn’t have much going on for Green Beer Day,” she said, “so it seemed like something else to do that would be kind of exciting. Who wouldn’t want to hang out with George Clooney all day?”
The school was transformed Monday from an institution of higher learning to a Hollywood set as crews prepared for this week’s filming. Students lounged in the stairwells outside the building’s two-story atrium, normally an area set up as a lounge, where workers had removed the couches, tables and the grand piano to set up rows of tables covered in gray, reported Dayton Daily News.
“Ides of March is set to hit the box office this December. To watch some of the footage on the set in Oxford, click here.
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