Canine cuddles allowed on set of TV series ‘Hudson & Rex’ despite COVID measures
Posted June 16, 2020 11:32 am.
Last Updated June 16, 2020 11:38 am.
TORONTO — Production is set to get underway next month on a new season of canine-cop TV series “Hudson & Rex,” with a number of COVID-19 precautions in place.
But producers say they’re willing to make a few exceptions when it comes to their celebrity pooch.
They say cuddles and kisses between lead actor John Reardon and his German shepherd co-star Diesel vom Burgimwald will still be part of the scripts on the Newfoundland-shot detective series.
For everyone else, Shaftesbury chief executive Christina Jennings says physical distancing measures will be strictly enforced.
“Hudson & Rex” marks one of the first Canadian TV productions to resume in the midst of the pandemic, and Jennings acknowledges it’s a work in progress.
The first four episodes of Season 3 will forgo shooting at private locations, and instead film scenes largely in open outdoor spaces, or at the show’s St. John’s studio, with cast and crew isolated in small groups.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 16, 2020.
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David Friend, The Canadian Press
