Wembley Park in the Movies

in the Movies Wembley Park

A scene from Don't Look Up Lights, camera, action! Wembley Park is London’s new hotbed for filming, having recently featured in some of the world’s most popular shows at the cinema and TV.

Wembley Park has recently welcomed crews from a range of popular productions, including the UK’s most watched soap, EastEnders, Apple TV+ smash hit Ted Lasso, which scooped an impressive seven Emmy® Awards, and Don’t Look Up, which was nominated for four Oscars, received four Golden Globe nominations and set a new record for the most viewing hours in a single week on Netflix.

Bridgerton, the Shondaland hit series on Netflix, also revealed its own Wembley Park connection, with Secret Cinema producing a spectacular show inviting visitors to Lady Whistledown’s Society Ball at a secret location named only as ‘a stunning indoor ballroom in Wembley.’ The string of recent film and TV productions in and around Wembley Park has also included Little Mix The Search, Peter Crouch’s Crouchy’s Year-Late Euros, The Grinch Musical and Fulwell 73’s Stand Up To Cancer. An episode of The Apprentice was filmed in 2016 at Wembley Park, and there are currently four major streaming services in production across the neighbourhood. Wembley Park is certainly no stranger to being used as a filming location, with major motion pictures including RocknRolla and Get Him to the Greek featuring the area’s iconic entertainment venues. Remember that scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron where the Hulk has an epic battle with Tony Stark? All filmed inside Brent Civic Centre in the heart of Wembley Park, which is also credited with the Stephen Hawking biopic, The Theory of Everything. Historical drama The Crown features a range of scenes shot around Brent, while even Friends couldn’t resist Wembley Park’s charms – both The One with Ross’ Wedding and The One After Ross Says Rachel were filmed in the old Fountain Studios – today home to the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre.

Over the years, Brent has also produced an impressive array of acting talent, including Wembley born and bred Riz Ahmed, Brentbased Laura Aikman and former long-term Queen’s Park resident Cillian Murphy. Oh, and did we mention that both Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller have chosen to make Brent their home over the years?