Juliette Lewis, Aaron Paul filming in Mid-County

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Social media networks were abuzz Tuesday when star-crazed fans reported Mid-County sightings of actress/musician Juliette Lewis at the Jack Brooks Airport and at H-E-B on FM 365.

It's also rumored "Breaking Bad" star Aaron Paul will be in town next week to start shooting his role in the film.

Lewis arrived at the airport to begin filming her role in an indie film directed by Kat Candler, whose works include a "Hellion" six-minute short predecessor and "Black Metal."

The new movie is being produced by Port Neches-Groves graduate Kelly Williams.

The film is about a mother who recently died and the transformations her son and his father undergo after the loss. The child slowly slips into his own shell while his father acts out.

Lewis worked in television and film from 1987 until 2004, when she began to concentrate on her musical career.

Her work with Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's 1991 remake of "Cape Fear" earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for best supporting actress.

Her other film credits include "Husbands and Wives," "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and "Natural Born Killers."

The full-length feature film now being shot will take over parts of Port Neches, Groves and Nederland. Producers were said to have sought small-town refinery locations, and Mid-County was perfect.

But a few bumps in the road caused its original locations to be altered to a home in Groves with no refinery in sight.

Groves resident Matt Moore's home on Jefferson Street is across from the home where some of the filming takes place.

Before receiving notice about the film shooting in his neighborhood, Moore thought he was getting a new neighbor.

"We thought people were moving in the house," he said about a house that's been empty for many years.

Karen Flory, whose home is next door to the house being used in the movie, said crews set up tables of food and beverages and a tent to keep cool at her home on Friday night - the first time crews were there to film.

For her, it wasn't a problem because most of the filming was done while she was at work, she said.

"It's cool," Flory said of the movie. "It's good for the community, and if it makes it big, it will be even better for us. The movie will have a lot of different features and places in this area."