Paradise, Calif. - Academy Award winning Film Maker and Actor Ron Howard surprised some of the people being interviewed for his Camp Fire Documentary Thursday by stopping in on film shoots unannouunced.
It's at least the third visit from Howard's "Imagine Entertainment" film crew since the first of the year.
Howard was photographed in Chico with some of the staff at CSU, Chico's North State Public Radio by University Photographer Jason Halley. KCHO's General Manager told us their reporters were being interviewed about reporting on the destructive fire.
Former Paradise Mayor Steve "Woody" Culleton told Action News Now he was thrilled to get his picture taken with Howard, joking about how much the two look alike. Culleton was being interviewed on his property in Paradise where his home was destroyed by the fire. He and his wife are working to rebuild. He said the film crew had been there about an hour when Howard visited the set unexpectedly.
In December, the Film Maker met with school officials, teachers, students and firefighters. His mother-in-law used to live in Paradise, and he has relatives in Redding.
Howard is tentatively calling the documentary "Believe in Paradise." The film crew will be returning toward the end of March.
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