As we’ve reported, Shameless spent this past week running from location to location in Chicago getting exterior shots that will be used in various episodes throughout their third season. The show is primarily filmed in L.A., where they pick up shooting episode 7 of the upcoming season on Tuesday, but is set in Chicago.
Shameless star Emmy Rossum gave fans a quick recap of their busy Chicago shoot this morning:
Spent the week in Chicago shooting in and around the Gallagher street for Shameless. It’s always a mad dash from one location to another when we film in Chicago. The energy of the city and the sheer amount of material we shoot in 5 days (70 pages! No joke!) adds to the raw energy that is so palpable in our cast and on the show. During our Chicago shooting days, we eat on the go (burgers or pizza) standing on street corners or sitting on the pavement between camera set-ups and we change costumes in the bathrooms of local churches and sometimes people’s homes when they open their doors to us, all as 3 cameras are running around trying to get a shot before the sun goes down or it starts to rain. It’s the least glamorous filming situation I’ve ever been in and I love every minute of it. Labor day weekend will be a little break for us. We just wrapped episode 6 (season 3) so we are at the halfway mark of the season. Happy to have a few days off and will be ready to go back to work at 6am Tuesday. Happy Labor Day!!! Love Emmy.
She also posted several set photos on Twitter, including an amazing shot of her taken by William H. Macy, photos of her and co-star Justin Chatwin chowing down on take out from 25 Degrees, and a photo of her hanging out watching Step Brothers at Joan Cusack’s house. Sounds like a fun week!
If you spotted Shameless filming in Chicago this weekend, let us know about it at olv@onlocationvacations.com!
