For one thing, the Hollywood visitors spend a lot of money.
That’s what happened earlier this year, when crewmembers descended upon Glennville, GA, according to Wayne Dasher, chairman of the Tattnall County Development Authority, about an hour west of Savannah.
The workers on the upcoming Will Smith movie “Gemini Man” spent weeks building structures downtown, putting new facades on others, turning a bank into and school, and more.
“They did quite a bit of stuff,” Dasher said. “They spent thousands of dollars at stores, restaurants and our two hotels.”
Downtown, the production team rented more spaces for storage, and one of Dasher’s vacant buildings for the location office.
Filming this spring took about a week. And then the movie crew put everything back the way it was.
With at least one exception.
Dasher left the set dressing on one of his downtown locations, just in case the movie becomes a blockbuster.
“People might want to come stand in front of this and have their picture made,” he said.