NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The film crew from the upcoming gay drama Freeheld was barred from shooting scenes at a Catholic high school in New Rochelle, N.Y. after the school's principal found out about the movie's subject matter.
Freeheld stars Ellen Page and Julianne Moore as a gay couple fighting to secure pension benefits after one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness. The film's producer, Michael Shamberg, told Buzzfeed that the all-boys Salesian school had originally given permission to the film's scout to shoot a scene on its grounds, but once the news reached school officials they were barred from carrying on with the shoot.