Where Was The Equalizer 3 Filmed? Italy Filming Locations Explained
Summary
- The cast and crew of The Equalizer 3 filmed in Italy, utilizing locations in Rome and Campania to capture the essence of the film’s setting.
- Cinecittà Studios in Rome served as a significant filming location, offering spacious and famous film studios for certain sequences in the movie.
- The picturesque Amalfi Coast and Naples in Campania provided a backdrop that made it seem like the film was set in Sicily, even though the actual Sicilian scenes were shot on the other side of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
It likely serves as Denzel Washington’s last outing as Robert McCall in the franchise, and The Equalizer 3 filming locations took them to Italy for the final movie. Aside from Washington, the rest of the cast included Dakota Fanning as Emma Collins, Eugenio Mastrandrea as Gio Bonucci, David Denman as Frank Conroy, Sonia Ben Ammar as Chiara Bonucci, and Remo Girone as Enzo Arisio. They, along with the production team, took McCall’s final story to the beautiful landscapes of Italy, where he found trouble once more.
Following the ending of The Equalizer 2, the third film begins with McCall on a mission in Sicily (even though they technically never filmed on the Italian island). Without getting into spoilers, the former Marine and Defense Intelligence Agency intelligence officer turned vigilante fell in love with the quaint Southern Italian town and was determined to protect it and its people at all costs when he learned that the mafia had a significant influence there. The cast and crew had to utilize a handful of locations in Italy to fully capture the essence of The Equalizer 3‘s setting.
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Rome, Italy
The Threequel Was Shot At The Cinecittà Studios
According to The Cinemaholic, the cast and crew of The Equalizer 3 filmed a portion of the third film at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, Italy. They couldn’t shoot every scene in the movie on location in Italy, so it made sense for the production to utilize Rome’s spacious (400,000 square meters) and famous film studios for a handful of the sequences. Other noteworthy movies and television shows that have been shot at the Cinecittà Studios are Ben Hur, The English Patient, The Passion of the Christ, Catch-22, 6 Underground, and The Young Pope.
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Other Notable Movies Shot at Cinecittà Studios |
Year of Release |
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Cleopatra |
1963 |
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A Fistful of Dollars |
1964 |
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The Godfather Part III |
1990 |
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The Talented Mr. Ripley |
1999 |
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Gangs of New York |
2002 |
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
2004 |
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Campania, Italy
The On-Location Filming Took Place In The Southern Italian Region
Most on-location filming for The Equalizer 3 took place in Campania, Italy. Although the second sequel’s setting was Sicily, Italy, the cast and crew shot those scenes in the Southern Italian region. The production hunkered down on the Amalfi Coast and in Naples for the duration of filming before traveling north to Rome in January 2023 to complete principal photography. The coastline locations in Campania provided the crew with the landscape of appearing as if the scenes in The Equalizer 3 were occurring in Italy, when, in reality, they were shot on the other side of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Source: The Cinemaholic
The Equalizer 3
- Director
- Antoine Fuqua
- Release Date
- September 1, 2023
- Writers
- Richard Wenk
- Runtime
- 109 Minutes
