A new movie being filmed in Milwaukee featuring Kevin Spacey wrapped on at Uncle Wolfie’s on May 8.
On the ESPN Wisconsin radio show that aired the morning of May 9, Good Karma Brand owner Craig Karmazin told the hosts he was an extra for the final scene shot at the diner downtown with Spacey and actress Frances Fisher, who played Kate Winslet’s mother in the Titanic.
Karmazin said the one minute scene shot from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m. He also said mentioned attending a Bucks game with Spacey several few weeks ago.
City documents show the film producers obtained permits to shoot at Broadway and Michigan between May 6 and 8, but it obtained special event permitting to barricade East Reservoir Avenue between April 14 and 17. Filming also took place in a vacant office warehouse building owned by Phoenix Investors on North Lydell Avenue in Glendale.
Not much is known about the plot and cast, but actor and Whitefish Bay resident Michael Roman who’s directing the film told Glendale officials a basic premise: “The last DMV in the former United States.”
An employee at Uncle Wolfie’s reached over the phone said she was aware of the filming but didn’t have any additional information on it.
Neither Karmazin nor Spacey’s manager and producer for the film could be immediately reached for comment.
Almost two years ago, Spacey was acquitted in a high-profile sexual abuse criminal trial in 2023. The actor still faces two British lawsuits alleging sexual abuse.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: New Kevin Spacey movie filmed in Milwaukee wraps at Uncle Wolfie’s
Reporting by Claudia Levens, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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