An arrest has been made in reference to the incident that shut down the Baltimore manufacturing of Apple TV+’s upcoming Natalie Portman undertaking, Woman within the Lake. Nevertheless, questions on inconsistencies within the story about simply what occurred on the set stay.
The Baltimore Police Division advised Yahoo Leisure on Tuesday that officers had been referred to as to the set of the Endeavor Content material manufacturing at roughly 4 p.m. on Aug. 26 “regarding a crew member.”
“Preliminary info reported {that a} crew member had acquired a verbal menace of violence from a person, who he alleged additionally brandished a firearm,” the division had stated in a press release. “At the moment, filming was halted out of an abundance of warning.”
After investigating, detectives decided “{that a} native avenue vendor was upset that he had not been compensated by the manufacturing for misplaced enterprise, since he couldn’t function his clothes enterprise whereas the crew was filming at that location.”
Officers later recognized the seller as Keith L. Brown, 43, of Pikesville, Md., whom they arrested Aug. 29 on narcotics prices.
“Brown knowledgeable detectives that he had talked with a crew member and a safety supervisor and was awaiting paper work to obtain compensation for misplaced enterprise on Aug. 26,” the division defined.
Detectives proceed to interview folks throughout their ongoing investigation.
When the manufacturing shut down on Friday, police had stated that producers had been threatened by locals who wished $50,000 to ensure that filming to proceed.
“The leaders of the manufacturing determined to err on the aspect of warning and reschedule the shoot after they discovered one other location,” division spokesperson Chakia Fennoy advised the Los Angeles Occasions.
In line with the incident report offered by the police on Tuesday, they had been referred to as after a crew member reported that people had brandished a gun at one other of the employees, a driver, whereas demanding cash to ensure that them to proceed filming. Whereas the crew member initially stated he had seen the gun, he later stated solely the motive force had seen it. Another person, with the on-set safety staff, first stated the perpetrators wished $4,000 however then stated it was $50,000. An officer later decided that the sufferer’s “recollection of the incident modified in the course of the investigation.”
Endeavor Content material didn’t instantly reply to Yahoo Leisure’s request for remark.
Nevertheless, on Monday, the corporate gave a press release to The Hollywood Reporter:
“Friday afternoon, on the Baltimore set of our manufacturing Woman within the Lake, previous to the arrival of the forged and crew … a driver on our manufacturing crew was confronted by two males, one among whom brandished a gun directed at our driver, after which they fled the placement. We’re working with the Baltimore Police Division because the investigation is ongoing. The protection and safety of our crew, forged and all who work throughout our productions is our highest precedence, and we’re grateful nobody was injured. Manufacturing will resume with elevated safety measures going ahead. It has been a privilege filming Woman within the Lake in Baltimore, working with its vibrant neighborhood throughout many areas.”
Woman within the Lake is a restricted collection based mostly on Laura Lippman’s 2019 crime novel of the identical title, which is impressed by two disappearances in Sixties Baltimore. Portman performs Maddie Schwartz, a bored housewife who chooses to go away her husband to turn into a criminal offense reporter.
