The Big Door Prize series stars Chris O’Dowd as Dusty along with Gabrielle Dennis, Damon Gupton, Josh Segarra, Christian Adam, Sammy Fourlas, Djouliet Amara, Ally Maki, Crystal R. Fox, and Jim Meskimen.
When and Where was The Big Door Prize filmed?
The Big Door Prize Filming Locations
According to thecinemaholic, an Instagram post was found during the filming of the series in which Chris O’Dowd, who plays Dusty, can be seen. This post was shared by Emily Gesi. This post has the location of Atlanta, Georgia, which proves that this is where the series was filmed.
Loganville, Georgia
Loganville is a city which is located in Georgia’s Walton and Gwinnett counties. To film the fictional town of Deerfield, the cast and crew set up camp in the city of Loganville and filmed many key scenes of the series.
The city’s many places and locations and streets and buildings can be seen in the series and during the filming schedule time of season 1 of the series the cast and crew were also spotted by various locals of the city.
The Big Door Prize’s Creator David West Read described to ScreenRant “I love stories set in small towns. This also feels very specific to a small town. Everyone finds out about it immediately, and everyone wants to try it, whether it’s a donut shop or the Morpho machine.”
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital of Georgia. The cast and crew set up in the locales of Atlanta to shoot many scenes of the series. According to The Cinemaholic, some interior scenes from the series including the high school scenes and the facilities were filmed in and around the city.
Atlanta is located in the southeast Chattahoochee River in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and it is a city in the capital of the US state of Georgia. According to the 2020 US Census, Atlanta is the 8th most populous city in the Southeast and the 38th most populous city in the U.S. series was shot in several locations in Atlanta.