Ben Affleck is in South Boston, MA, today filming scenes for his upcoming movie The Town, starring John Hamm, Blake Lively, and Ben Affleck himself. Our own MaryBeth Poblocki saw "Boston Ben" standing in front of Schubert's yesterday and woke up her son Connor when she got star-struck and screamed "Oh My God . . . that's Ben Affleck" while driving up Broadway with her husband Kevin.
Facebook reports say that Affleck is shooting a scene at Thornton's Florist today on Dorchester Street, and will be back to Charlestown for the next couple of days. The movie is an adaptation of the book Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan, which tells the real life story of a group of bank robbers and armored car thieves from Charlestown, MA. Apparently Affleck, the Director of the film and a Boston native, was intrigued by Hogan's claim that Charlestown, MA, had, at one time, more armed robbers per capita than any other place in the world. Affleck attempts to see how and why these guys from Charlestown were robbing banks and heisting armored trucks and put it on the big screen.
Though this movie is not focused on South Boston, MA, like Good Will Hunting, "Southie" is quickly becoming one of the East Coast hot-spots for Hollywood Directors and big-time actors.
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