‘Scenes’ Stealer

Director Paul Mazursky may have lined up Woody Allen and Bette Midler as the leads in “Scenes From a Mall,” which just finished its second week of shooting in Connecticut. But it sounds like the Stamford Town Center, where most of the filming will take place, is the real star.

The dramatic comedy, revolving around the 16th anniversary of a lawyer and his psychologist wife, takes place in one day at the mall. (Third-billed is mime Bill Irwin, who has no lines.)

Co-producer and production designer Pato Guzman, Mazursky’s longtime collaborator, selected the Stamford Town Center from “over 100” possibilities around the country for its multilevel “futuristic look,” including 900,000 square feet of mirrored escalators, atriums and 132 shops.

Filming is being done during the day, and hundreds of shoppers have been jostling for vantage points, we’re told.

“People have been hanging off balconies to get a look (at the stars),” says an insider on the set. “When Bette finished a take today, the shoppers applauded and she gave them a wave.”

When Touchstone Pictures releases “Scenes,” though, the mall’s facade will have a more familiar look for Angelenos: Cast and crew arrive here in mid-August to shoot exteriors at . . . the Beverly Center.