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TV Crews Shoot 'Royal Pains' In Bellport

Episode featuring Porter's on the Lane, Carla Marla's Ice Cream store to air in September.

The hit tv show, Royal Pains, part of an upcoming episode using Porter's on the Lane and the Bellport docks as backdrops.

Series cast members Mark Feuerstein (Dr. Hank Lawson), Brooke D'Orsay (Paige Collins), Kat Foster (Dr. Harper Cummings) were joined by guest star Rosanna Arquette.

Owner of Porter's on the Lane and Carla Marla's Ice Cream store, John Gianott, was approached by the show's location scouts over three weeks ago for using the businesses as potential new locations.

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"They feel that Bellport Lane here looks like a Hamptons street," Gianott said. "Working with the show has been fantastic. Everything has been kept really clean, they're not wrecking anything and they're keeping everything local. They're using local businesses and they did a casting call for extras and hired locally."

Bellport Chamber of Commerce President Dianne Romano was thrilled to see the show filming in the heart of Bellport Village.

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"It just gives us so much exposure. We are such a quaint little seaside village and it's amazing that people find it and want to use for entertainment purposes. We think it's one of the most fabulous places on the planet and we're happy to share it," Romano said.

Bellport resident Jim Vignato has done work as an extra previously and was cast as a waiter in the background of one of the scenes filmed at Porter's.

"It was great to be out here today. I was having a lot of fun on set," Vignato said.

Sheryl Tenzyk from Bellport has been an extra on Royal Pains since the pilot episode aired four seasons ago.

"This is the best set that I've ever worked on in my entire life. It's nice to be filming today in my hometown," Tenzyk said.

Mark Feuerstein portrays the lead character of Dr. Hank Lawson and took a minute from filming down at the dock to speak with Patch.

"I haven't gotten an opportunity to walk around Bellport just yet but I can't believe that we've never shot here. It is so beautiful. This is a classic and prototypical Royal Pains day of shooting - the sun, the blue sky, the boats in the background...I feel so grateful that we have such a beautiful day and such a beautiful town for basically one of the final scenes in our fourth season," Feuerstein said.

According to Gianott, there is a strong possibility of the show returning soon to film another episode but nothing has been determined yet.

"It's great for the community to have something like this because it gives us exposure. This is more of a summer town and we struggle in the winter," Gianott said.

The episode, titled "Sand Legs", is expected to air in September as the 14th show of the fourth season.

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