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Denzel Washington to Film Movie The Equalizer in Swampscott Monday
Actor Denzel Washington will be plying his craft at a home on Magnolia Road Monday, July 1.
Just like old times. Sort of.
A Swampscott neighborhood will again host a major Hollywood actor when Denzel Washington appears on a Magnolia Road set for the movie The Equalizer, Monday, July 1, according to local sources.
Generators and a lift were positioned outside a home at 61 Magnolia Road Sunday afternoon. Yellow and black "EQ" and "Set" signs pointed actors and crew to the location.
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Neighbors said they were excited by the prospect of Academy Award winner Denzel Washington coming to their neighborhood.
The Equalizer is said to be loosely based on a 1980s television show about a private detective. The movie could be the start of a franchise series for Washington, a local businessman, Bill Laganas, told Patch earlier.
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Laganas, owner of Lynn Meatland — a meat market, sandwich shop and catering company in Lynn — did catering, big and small, for Grown Ups 2 last year, and Laganas is friendly with movie crew members.
The Magnolia area is no stranger to movie shoots. Several scenes from the Adam Sandler movie Grown Ups 2 — due out July 12 — were shot in the area last summer.
The base camp for The Equalizer is to be at Phillips Park.
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