VICTORIA, British Columbia – By Josh Rakic  - Peninsula News Review
May 26 2006

Hollywood actress Kim Basinger was in Brentwood Bay this week to film scenes for her upcoming movie, The Mermaid Chair.

Filming took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 23 and 24, at Seahorses' Cafe and opposite the Brentwood Bay Lodge near the Mill Bay Ferry. The made-for-television movie is based on Sue Monk Kidd's best-selling novel of the same name and marks Basinger's debut on the small screen.

Basinger, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1997 film LA Confidential, will star as Jessie Sullivan, a woman who must choose between her family and eternal happiness after falling in love with a monk on return to her home town. The film is set on the fictional Egret Island off the coast of South Carolina. It is being directed by Emmy award-winning director Steven Schachter and is expected to air in September on Lifestyle Television.

Ms Basinger, 52, was not available for interview.