No.in spite of one of the films by John Malkovich be a praise to his person, Being John Malkovich, “Being” really wasn’t enough for the 68-year-old actor to have one derogation from the law.
Arrived in Venice to shoot some scenes of Ripley, new adaptation of the famous novel by American writer Patricia Highsmith, Mr. Ripley’s talent (1955), John he showed up at the famous and luxurious hotel Danieli from Venice, to have his room. Too bad, however, that in the meantime the green pass.
John Malkovich in Venice in 2019. (LaPresse)
His high-sounding name was of no use: the actor was denied the suite overlooking the Grand Canal in which he should have stayed for the duration of the shoot.
John Malkovich addressed to a private facility
As the newspaper reports The Gazzettino, according to the recent Omicron Decree, staying in hotels is allowed only to holders of enhanced green certification, that you get with the vaccine or recovery.
That of the actor, however, had expired, so the production had to look for an alternative solution on the fly in which to lodge the actor, who has turned to a more modest one private residence not far from Piazza San Marco. Even because no other hotel could have accepted it as a guest.
Below, Malkovich in Venice for the shooting of the series
After having already shot some scenes in Sicily and Campania, in particular on the Amalfi coast, the shooting of the series starring Andrew Scott have moved to the Lagoon.
But the troupe, due to Covid, had here not a few difficulties: a week ago, the “absent for Covid” have touched the hundreds of people. Not only: Dakota Fanning, one of the protagonists, arrived in Venice with shots already started as it was positive at Covid.
The sisters Elle (left) and Dakota Fanning. (EPA / MIKE NELSON)
There is one available to staff and actors private mobile facility which is located near the Pietà, a stone’s throw from Piazza San Marco, which has precisely the task of carry out molecular swabs every two days to the protagonists of the series and the filming staff.
And the situation is very reminiscent of that which happened in Venice in the autumn of 2020, when he turned instead in the lagoon Mission Impossible 7, with Tom Cruise. Even then, the real “mission impossible” was to be able to finish shooting.
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