Hollywood flurry lifts Greek film industry hopes

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A burly man in a buzz-cut crosses a busy street, nearly running into a passing cab. Nearby, two Miami police officers monitor a bustling crowd beside their squad car.

The man is Spanish actor Antonio Banderas and standing in for the Magic City is Greece’s northern metropolis Thessaloniki where Millennium Media, producers of “The Expendables” series, are shooting their latest action flick.

Banderas’ new outing, “The Enforcer,” is one of several high-profile shoots taking shape in the midst of an uncharacteristic flurry for Greece’s film industry, which reopened from a pandemic lockdown just in May.

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