BERKELEY — Berkeley will have a star turn as the makers of an upcoming Steve Jobs biopic film transform one of the city’s quieter neighborhoods into what it might have looked like more than three decades ago, when the Apple co-founder was emerging as a tech pioneer.

Hollywood stars Michael Fassbender, playing Jobs, and Seth Rogen, as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, were expected to spend Friday night acting out a scene inside La Méditerranée — a restaurant known as “La Med” by locals — on College Avenue in the Elmwood neighborhood.

Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle began shooting in the Bay Area earlier this month and will make stops in Cupertino and San Francisco, among other cities. And while Berkeley’s iconic Telegraph Avenue and the nearby UC Berkeley campus are popular filming spots, not to mention familiar stamping grounds for the youthful Jobs and Wozniak, the choice to film in the leafy Elmwood shopping district was unusual. The film centers on three key product launches in the late Apple CEO’s career.

“They were looking for a specific restaurant where they could film and were scouting all around the Bay Area,” said Barbara Hillman, CEO of the nonprofit Visit Berkeley and the Berkeley Film Office, which helps draw filmmakers to the city. “They liked the feel of Elmwood, because they’re putting period cars in the street. It’s easier to do with a smaller neighborhood. It’s kind of old-fashioned looking.”

The biopic carries serious Hollywood credentials, pairing Boyle with Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who penned the screenplay of the Facebook-origin movie “The Social Network.” Boyle and Sorkin were both at La Méditerranée on Friday night for filming, along with Emmy-winning actor Jeff Daniels, who is playing now-former Apple CEO John Sculley.

Filmmakers have gone to great lengths to capture the time period, putting out a call for cars made before 1983 and temporarily replacing the cash registers of the Berkeley restaurant with outdated models. Last month, they captured footage at the Los Altos home where Jobs grew up. The moviemakers have also combed the Bay Area for shaggy-haired, bearded extras, giving locals a chance to play a small part in the life of a local legend.

“It’s not a huge impact on the neighborhood,” said Berkeley City Councilmember Lori Droste, who lives nearby and sent out a note to her constituents about the filming. “There’s a little traffic congestion, but the stores are still open. They said it would be minimally disruptive.”

The whole episode may feel like something of a rerun for some in the Bay Area. In 2012, actor Ashton Kutcher and other Hollywood types visited the region to film “Jobs,” another biopic.

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