Reggie Rock Bythewood’s American sports series called Swagger has been airing on AppleTV+ since 2021. The show recently released its second season in June, and just like the last one, it continues to dive deeper into the world of basketball, and the harsh journey that young rookie players need to take to become potential world stars.
The producers of the series revealed that the series is loosely based on the life story of a famous NBA player called Kevin Durant. The series has cast actor O’Shea Jackson Jr. for the role of Ike Edwards, Isaiah Hill as Jace Carson, Tessa Ferrer as Meg Bailey, Caleel Harris as Musa Rahim, Tristan Wilds as Alonzo Powers, and so many other talented actors and actresses who have managed to make the show, Swagger, what it is.
The show has brought a completely unique aspect of the sports world to basketball fans, where it puts the spotlight on the lives of the training players, those around them, their families, and trainers. It continues to question the fragile line between their dreams and ambition, and greed and corruption.
Fans like the series for being authentic and unique in terms of the themes that it explores. It has received critical acclaim for its screenplay, and the production value put into setting the show up. The actors have done an amazing job portraying their characters and bringing them alive. The underlying commentary in the show and the sub-genres explored have also received much love from fans of the show.
The thought behind the writing and the basketball game sequences through the show’s different episodes are pretty interesting and have kept fans engaged and hooked to the show. If you are a fan of the series, Swagger, and if you wish to find out more about where it was filmed, then continue reading to the end.
Swagger’s Filming Locations
Major portions of the show have been filmed in a lot of different places in Virginia state, United States. Both season one and season two of Swagger were also loyal to the filming locations, which continue to feature in the show.
Richmond, Virginia
The governor of Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkinn, acknowledged and welcomed the show’s filming crew and actors for choosing the state of Virginia as their filming spot. He mentioned that even in reality, Virginia had offered the country quite a few talented basketball players, and the fact that the crew chose it to be their central filming spot just goes on to highlight their history.
The state capital of Richmond has been the most used spot for the show, especially the Downtown YMCA, located at 2nd West Franklin Street. The scenes where the players are found playing basketball in a school setting were shot at two different schools in Richmond state, Huguenot High School and John Marshall High School.
The Maymont public park located in Richmond was also featured in the show. The basketball court at Calhoun Street and the Gilpin Court neighborhood appeared in the show at different times as well.
Hopewell, Virginia
The filming crew also moved to the city of Hopewell, Virginia, where parts of the show were shot. Locations like the beautiful Hopewell City Park, which fans can find at 245 Appomattox Street in the city. A few short scenes in the show also feature the First Baptist church, which is located at 401 North 2nd Avenue.
Fans shared on social media that they spotted the crew at the South 6th Avenue Marvin Neal Bridge.
Petersburg, Virginia
While the specific locations that may have been used for filming and that may have featured in the show are not confirmed, and are almost impossible to point it, what can be said is that the Swagger crew definitely stopped by Petersburg town, and shot a few scenes around the city.
This city did not feature in the show as one place but was used in the series to show the different towns that Jace’s team visits for different basketball games. This may be the reason why the makers did not use prominent and representative places of this city and instead used it as an anonymous location.
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