Two caterers were detained when Italian paramilitary police searched hotel rooms occupied by cast members of “The Equalizer 3” on the Amalfi coast on Tuesday and found more than 100 grammes of cocaine.
Following the tragic death of the director of the catering business from a heart attack on Monday evening, the Italian newspaper Il Giornale stated that Carabinieri police officers broke into hotel rooms in the coastal resort of Maiori occupied by the “Equalizer 3” caterers. Following the discovery of several tiny sachets of cocaine in the man’s clothing, rumours about the presence of further drugs on the set of the production spread.
Two further food vendor employees of the movie were put under house arrest in the hotel after the police search turned up 120 grammes of cocaine and allegations of drug dealing. When a third catering employee was discovered to be in possession of a trace amount of cocaine, his driver’s licence was revoked. Police also investigated a portion of Maiori’s small harbour where the movie’s crew had a camp, according to the newspaper, in addition to the hotel.
The fourth week of “Equalizer 3” filming in the Amalfi coast region, which Sony Pictures and Eagle Pictures of Italy are collaborating on, is presently underway. Maite Bulgari’s local company Garbo Produzioni is in charge of the movie’s physical production. Through Garbo, the film took use of Italy’s significant production subsidies.
On Wednesday, a spokesman for Garbo Produzioni stated that the company had nothing further to add.
Nearly 20 years after they appeared together in “Man on Fire,” Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning co-star in “Equalizer 3,” which is helmed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk. Gaia Scodellaro (“You Me and the Apocalypse”) of Italy also has a lead role. The movie will premiere on September 1, 2023, with plot information being kept under wraps. The film’s producers are Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Michael Sloan, Clayton Townsend, Antoine Fuqua, Alex Siskin, Steve Tisch, Tony Eldridge, and Washington.