BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – The Michigan city of Battle Creek is becoming a star magnet.
CBS’ new police series “Battle Creek” is being filmed in Los Angeles, but its cast is making pilgrimages to Battle Creek to soak up the atmosphere. Kal Penn visited, going on a ride-along with officers and observing in the squad room.
Josh Duhamel planned to take a red-eye flight Friday to gather his own impressions of Battle Creek, he told a TV critics’ meeting Thursday. He’s traveling solo, leaving wife Fergie and their baby behind for the weekend, the actor said.
He should receive a warm welcome: Penn said everyone he met was “super nice” and excited about the series created by Vince Gilligan (“Breaking Bad”). “Battle Creek” stars Duhamel and Dean Winters as odd-couple law enforcement partners.
Gilligan, who came up with idea more than a decade ago, was asked if he could have imagined that his five years spent building AMC’s “Breaking Bad” into a hit could have led to the revival of his dormant script.