CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A romantic drama film based on a Nicolas Sparks novel began filming in the Lowcountry on this date in 2002.
“The Notebook,” based on the novel of the same name, tells the story of a young couple, played by Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, who meet and fall in love at a carnival on Seabrook Island in 1940 after he returns home from World War II.
The script called for a small town with a peaceful setting, which led movie producer Mark Johnson to search across the South for just the right feel…