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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Anousha Sakoui

A party scene while making Amazon's 'Expats' was followed by a COVID outbreak. Then things got complicated

LOS ANGELES — On a Thursday morning in Long Beach last month, the crew of the Amazon Studios series "Expats" crowded onto a yacht. They were filming a party scene that had shots of a child pushing his way through a forest of adults, followed by star Nicole Kidman's character, Margaret.

A few days later, the production alerted those who had worked at the location that three people on the set tested positive for COVID-19 and offered additional testing.

But some crew members were unhappy about the way the cases were communicated and raised concerns about whether quarantining protocols were being followed, according to interviews and emails reviewed by The Times.

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