ALTADENA- The casting director of the film “Boundary Waters” lost her home in the Eaton fire, one of several that has raged across portions of Los Angeles in recent days.
Nothing remains of Catherine Stroud’s house in Altadena except a driveway gate, a chimney, and rubble. “We lost our house and all our belongings. We made it out with our son and dog. My heart is broken,” Stroud wrote on her gofundme.com page.
The three-bedroom house was on a tree-lined street in the center of a quiet residential neighborhood that no longer exists.
Stroud was the casting director for “Boundary Waters,” which was filmed in Ely in May 2023. The firm’s producer, Erin Mae Miller, dropped a post on the “What’s Up Ely” Facebook group about Stroud losing her home in the Eaton fire.
“We have had our lives turned upside down and it is completely surreal,” said Stroud in a statement sent to the Timberjay through Miller. “The shock and terror of what we went through is real.”
Stroud is a partner of London Stroud Casting, a respected Los Angeles TV and film casting firm.
With her family currently homeless, Stroud has set up a GoFundMe page at gofundme.com/f/help-catherines-family-rebuild-after-tragedy. “I have never done anything like this (a GoFundMe page), but I have never been through a nightmare like this … I hate to ask for help; however, we will pay all this goodwill forward.”