Actor/comedian Will Sasso is in Guelph filming a new movie.
Three days of shooting is scheduled to wrap up Friday at the University of Guelph. The filming is taking place at the soccer complex, where one of the fields has been turned into a lacrosse field for the movie.
The production is titled The Grizzlies. It's a Canadian production based on a true story about how a lacrosse team transformed a small village in Nunavut.
The lacrosse team helped reduce the rate of teen suicide and improve school attendance in the village of Kugluktuk.
From the Arctic to... not the Arctic, shooting the last few days of our beloved @GrizzliesMovie. #TheGrizzliesMovie pic.twitter.com/OgmJJs3uD4
— Will Sasso (@WillSasso) June 9, 2016
Sasso, a British Columbia native, has appeared in over 100 movies and television shows and is best remembered for his earl-career work in Mad TV.
The Grizzlies also stars Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft, Goat, Law and Order).
Previously the movie has shot in Nunavut and Toronto. They are shooting game scenes at the U of G's soccer complex, which is being used as the set for the Canadian Under-19 Field Lacrosse Championships that the lacrosse team participated in.
