A crew of up-and-coming actors, including a "Gossip Girl" and a Boston-area rapper,
have joined Ben Affleck's upcoming made-in-Boston heist flick "The Town," slotted to
begin filming on Monday, Aug. 31.
Blake Lively, known as Serena van der Woodsen from "Gossip Girl," was spotted
cruising locations near Fenway Park and in Chelsea over the weekend. Word is that
she's signed on to play alongside Cambridge homeboy Affleck as Jeremy Renner's little
sis.
Also, Boston emcee Slaine, who made a bang as gun-runner Bubba Rogowski in
Affleck's "Gone Baby Gone," returns to the big screen for some shoot 'em up action
next week.
"I’ve been working on so much music since I shot the movie 'Gone Baby Gone' that I’ve
had to turn down a lot of movie roles," Slaine says here. "When it came to working
with Ben again, this time as a Charlestown bank robber, I just couldn’t turn it down."
Lively and Slaine join Jon Hamm, also known as Don Draper from "Mad Men," as a FBI
agent who becomes smitten with a female bank employee, played by "Frost/Nixon" and
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" actress Rebecca Hall.
Affleck, playing Boston's most wanted bank robber, will star and direct in the film
following a bizarre love triangle involving a crook, a bankteller and a FBI agent. The
movie is an adaptation of the blue-collar heist novel "Prince of Thieves" by Chuck
Hogan which was written for the big screen by Peter Craig and Affleck.
As previously reported in Loaded Gun, Affleck's character will be robbing a few banks
around town, including a shoot 'em up scene at a bank in Melrose, as well as
orchestrating the ultimate con job at Fenway Park sometime in September.
Affleck, who recently wrapped filming the John Wells downsizing drama "The Company
Men," has been spotted all around the Boston area preparing for the Charlestown-
based flick.
have joined Ben Affleck's upcoming made-in-Boston heist flick "The Town," slotted to
begin filming on Monday, Aug. 31.
Blake Lively, known as Serena van der Woodsen from "Gossip Girl," was spotted
cruising locations near Fenway Park and in Chelsea over the weekend. Word is that
she's signed on to play alongside Cambridge homeboy Affleck as Jeremy Renner's little
sis.
Also, Boston emcee Slaine, who made a bang as gun-runner Bubba Rogowski in
Affleck's "Gone Baby Gone," returns to the big screen for some shoot 'em up action
next week.
"I’ve been working on so much music since I shot the movie 'Gone Baby Gone' that I’ve
had to turn down a lot of movie roles," Slaine says here. "When it came to working
with Ben again, this time as a Charlestown bank robber, I just couldn’t turn it down."
Lively and Slaine join Jon Hamm, also known as Don Draper from "Mad Men," as a FBI
agent who becomes smitten with a female bank employee, played by "Frost/Nixon" and
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" actress Rebecca Hall.
Affleck, playing Boston's most wanted bank robber, will star and direct in the film
following a bizarre love triangle involving a crook, a bankteller and a FBI agent. The
movie is an adaptation of the blue-collar heist novel "Prince of Thieves" by Chuck
Hogan which was written for the big screen by Peter Craig and Affleck.
As previously reported in Loaded Gun, Affleck's character will be robbing a few banks
around town, including a shoot 'em up scene at a bank in Melrose, as well as
orchestrating the ultimate con job at Fenway Park sometime in September.
Affleck, who recently wrapped filming the John Wells downsizing drama "The Company
Men," has been spotted all around the Boston area preparing for the Charlestown-
based flick.
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'Gossip Girl' and emcee join Affleck's 'The Town'
by Roland Hansen
by Roland Hansen
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