Film crews began
shooting a new movie Monday about an attack by "Bigfoot" in a small town in East
Texas.
Directors said they
chose of Mineola, Texas as the location for their movie because of its homey,
small-town charm.
Even though "Bigfoot
Wars" will not be Carol and Mikayla Anderson's first time to be extras, the two
said this time will definitely be different.
"It's always been fun to
be an extra in any movie, but this is exciting for the monster aspect of it,"
said Carol Anderson. "Anything gory would be fun."
Nearly 100 East Texans
lined up to try out to be an extra in the movie on Sunday. It is something the
mother-daughter pair said they do all the time.
"Just to maybe see our
faces on the screen," Carol Anderson said. "Even seeing the actors is
exciting."
"Who wouldn't want to be
in the movie or on TV or something?" said Carol Anderson's daughter
Mikayla.
Phil Nichols is a
long-time Bigfoot fan and he is also the guy who actually builds the monster for
the big screen.
"I always watched that
stuff and I was always scared," Nichols said. "Sometimes we'd be peering out the
window and see Bigfoot staring in at us and I just kind of want to share that
fear with today's audiences."
He said the Boggy Creek
sequel will especially please fans who do not mind being a little scared or
grossed out.
"We're making a whole
army," Nichols said. "There's going to be thousands of Bigfoots, all kinds of
carnage, both human and Bigfoot, lots of gore, lots of creatures, just total
fun. This movie should please all the people who wanted more out of Boggy Creek.
We're giving y'all more."
Even after long hours in
the Texas heat, the Andersons said the mother-daughter activity is something
they will continue to do.
"We try, if there's a
role for one or the other we go support each other," Carol Anderson
said.
The film crew will be
shooting in Mineola, including some scenes at the city's nature
preserve in the later part of the week.
