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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ellie Muir

Ayo Edebiri’s dad refused to let Martin Scorsese shoot Leonardo DiCaprio film in their house

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Ayo Edebiri has recalled the baffling moment her father refused to let Martin Scorsese and his film crew shoot the 2005 film The Departed in their house.

Long before Edebiri became the star of the hit TV series The Bear, she had her first glimpse at Hollywood movie-making when the production team for The Departed knocked on the door of her family’s Boston home and offered money in return for shooting a scene of the film there.

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