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A staggering amount of film and TV is shot in Canada.

mistyvales 3mo ago
Almost every time I see a Canadian character actor I guarantee the film or show was shot there. Shows like X-Files, BSG reboot, The Expanse.. all loaded with Canadian actors
- wingworks 3mo ago
  Most of the Stargate series were filmed in Canada too. If you pay attention you'll realise the planets they visit all look like Canadian forest, or an old quarry filming location.
  - morkalork 3mo ago
    Even funnier is when actors and extras re-appear across series. Or the random extra has an unapologetically Canadian accent. Xfiles and SG1 are guilty of this.
    - class3shock 3mo ago
      https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233304/?ref_=tt_cst_t_9&_ssoLoop=1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233304/?ref_=tt_cst_t_9&_ssoLoo... Stargate Universe once, Atlantis twice, and SG-1 six times!
  - mistyvales 3mo ago
    Makes me want to move to BC :D
  - aleksiy123 3mo ago
    BSG is like this too. It’s all just forest, SFU, UBC, downtown.
LiquidSky 3mo ago
If you watch Jackie Chan's "Rumble in the Bronx" (shot in Vancouver) you can sometimes see the majestic Bronx Mountains in background shots.
clickety_clack 3mo ago
Living in Vancouver ruins a lot of tv shows. Chicago? Nope, Vancouver. New York? Nope, Vancouver. SF? Nope, Vancouver! On the flip side, they use a lot of local place names and things, so it’s like a little in-joke when you notice them.
- throw0101a 3mo ago
  > Living in Vancouver ruins a lot of tv shows. Chicago? Nope, Vancouver. New York? Nope, Vancouver. SF? Nope, Vancouver! Also Toronto / southern Ontario. If you see a city scene and there's streetcar tracks, it was probably shot in Toronto. See opening shot of this scene in Reacher s02e04: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQQrvYjdbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQQrvYjdbQ
  - morkalork 3mo ago
    Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall is always funny to see. It was Vought HQ in The Boys and UN headquarters in The Expanse while the show runs were overlapping.
- PetitPrince 3mo ago
  "Vancouver never plays itself" as Tony Zhao and Taylor Ramos explain in on of their later Every Frame a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU
ButlerianJihad 3mo ago
“If you die in Canada, you die in real life!” https://m.xkcd.com/180/ https://m.xkcd.com/180/

Almost every time I see a Canadian character actor I guarantee the film or show was shot there. Shows like X-Files, BSG reboot, The Expanse.. all loaded with Canadian actors

wingworks 3mo ago
Most of the Stargate series were filmed in Canada too. If you pay attention you'll realise the planets they visit all look like Canadian forest, or an old quarry filming location.
- morkalork 3mo ago
  Even funnier is when actors and extras re-appear across series. Or the random extra has an unapologetically Canadian accent. Xfiles and SG1 are guilty of this.
  - class3shock 3mo ago
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233304/?ref_=tt_cst_t_9&_ssoLoop=1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233304/?ref_=tt_cst_t_9&_ssoLoo... Stargate Universe once, Atlantis twice, and SG-1 six times!
- mistyvales 3mo ago
  Makes me want to move to BC :D
- aleksiy123 3mo ago
  BSG is like this too. It’s all just forest, SFU, UBC, downtown.

LiquidSky 3mo ago

If you watch Jackie Chan's "Rumble in the Bronx" (shot in Vancouver) you can sometimes see the majestic Bronx Mountains in background shots.

clickety_clack 3mo ago

Living in Vancouver ruins a lot of tv shows. Chicago? Nope, Vancouver. New York? Nope, Vancouver. SF? Nope, Vancouver! On the flip side, they use a lot of local place names and things, so it’s like a little in-joke when you notice them.

throw0101a 3mo ago
> Living in Vancouver ruins a lot of tv shows. Chicago? Nope, Vancouver. New York? Nope, Vancouver. SF? Nope, Vancouver! Also Toronto / southern Ontario. If you see a city scene and there's streetcar tracks, it was probably shot in Toronto. See opening shot of this scene in Reacher s02e04: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQQrvYjdbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQQrvYjdbQ
- morkalork 3mo ago
  Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall is always funny to see. It was Vought HQ in The Boys and UN headquarters in The Expanse while the show runs were overlapping.
PetitPrince 3mo ago
"Vancouver never plays itself" as Tony Zhao and Taylor Ramos explain in on of their later Every Frame a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU

ButlerianJihad 3mo ago

“If you die in Canada, you die in real life!” https://m.xkcd.com/180/ https://m.xkcd.com/180/