Northern Chester County, just outside Phoenixville,Pa, has been home to the set of M. Night Shyamalan's most recent thriller,"The Happening." For the past three days The G Lodge restaurant on route 23 has been transformed into Filbert's, a fictional setting for Shyamalan's thriller. Small crowds have been gathering along Valley Forge Road to take in the action.
Filming had been progressing smoothly through this morning, but hit a snag shortly after 10am. It was at this point that the star of the movie, Mark Wahlberg, found out the real name of the restaurant and was curious as to what the "G" stood for.
Production assistant, Carley Codee said,"At first he was simply curious as to what the letter meant. Then he gradually, over the course of the next hour, became obsessed."
The owner of the diner, who appears briefly as a cook in the film, was not on the set for today's shoot and could not be reached. Area residents who had gathered nearby,most probably for a glimpse of Wahlberg, embarrassingly admitted to not knowing the meaning of the "G."
Wahlberg, who briefly attempted to continue with the filming, eventually retreated to his Actor's tent refusing to work until the meaning of the letter became clear.
"We decided to cancel the rest of today's shooting schedule and pick up tomorrow...it's ah...very hot out...very humid...out," said director Shyamalan.
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