Residents living on the set of The Walking Dead’s fake town, Alexandria, sounds like it might be worse than the actual apocalypse.
A resident who identified herself as Brittany told Cracked.com about living in the town and she criticised the way producers and fans treated the place.
According to her, Main Street is often shut down because of traffic and residents have to walk through piles of trash and debris left by the props department to make the place look derelict.
There are also plenty of frustrating rules put in place to keep the shots from being messed up. She told Cracked:
“At one point during filming, I was actually told by a cop directing traffic that I wasn’t allowed to be out on my own lawn,” Brittany says. “When they were filming at the wall of Alexandria, we were really close to where they were shooting. Security had to make sure that nobody walked past the blocked portions of the road, so when we walked out into the yard to see what was up, a security officer told us we couldn’t be out there unless we were trying to leave.”
“There is pretty much 24/7 police presence here,” Brittany says. “They’re on the lookout for anyone trying to mess with the Alexandria wall / leftover props, or anyone who is going to disturb residents living in the homes that appear in the show, so they watch us closely when we’re walking our dogs down the street or pulling into our own driveways.”
It’s not all bad, though! Once the show is done, they fix it up even better than when they found it and they’ve contributed millions to build a new park. As well as that, businesses are booming because of the tourists who pass through to catch a glimpse at the sets.
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