The Star & Garter pub has been left high and dry by the makers of a Hollywood movie starring Welsh actor Luke Evans. Producers of the revenge drama used it as a location, but still owe the pub more than £10,000 in agreed fees for using the venue as stand-in for a New York dive bar.
Called 5lbs of Pressure, it was filmed at the end of last summer, but nearly six months on landlord Andy Martin has not been seen a penny. “They filmed last October over about a fortnight, and since then it’s just been this same excuse about investors dropping out, new investors, bridging loans. Then saying it’s all been signed and the money will be in next week.
“And it’s not just me. There are crew-members and contractors that were brought in to do artwork and build sets.
