Actress Claire Danes landed in Israel last week to film scenes for a new Fox television series based on an Israeli show.
Danes arrived Feb. 7 in Israel to film “Patriots,” based on the Israeli series “Kidnapped,” in which Israeli soldiers return after 17 years being held as POWs in Lebanon.
In the series, Danes plays a bipolar CIA agent who is suspicious of a Marine who miraculously reappears after being taken prisoner and presumed dead during the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Filming began Feb. 9 in the Arab-Israeli village of Barta’a, near Haifa, which was turned into an authentic Iraqi street, Ynetnews reported.
Last month, Danes won a Golden Globe for best actress in the HBO production of “Temple Grandin.” — jta