It's such a full-circle moment for me," said Jordan. "The first person I told when I found out this was happening was my media teacher at Fairhaven High, Drew Furtado. The exterior shots of the fictitious boarding school in the movie have already been shot at Deerfield Academy. She quickly began campaigning at Miramax to make sure she'd be working on the set Friday at FHS.Ĭosta told us that filming will only take place inside the school. She was floored when she spotted Fairhaven High on the locations map. When Jordan got hired for The Holdovers, as health and safety secretary, she had no idea they'd be filming at her high school. "There are so many different productions around right now which is just awesome for local people like me." "Boston is quickly becoming the next Hollywood," says Costa.
She's worked on a couple of Hallmark films, the Academy Award-nominated Don't Look Up (partially filmed in Fall River), and Chili (filmed in Worcester). She says she's worked on a number of different productions for Netflix, Apple Studios and now Miramax, among others.
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When she graduated from University of Rhode Island, Costa thought she'd have to move out to Los Angeles to get work, but she has been quite busy with movie productions happening right here in Massachusetts. Jordan Costa, a 2015 FHS graduate, joined Michael and Maddie this morning on her way into work on the set.