Irwin restaurateur Fred Panza got a call three months ago from a Los Angeles movie location scout looking for a place to shoot some scenes for DreamWorks Pictures' new film, "She's Out of My League."
"Some photos were taken, so I thought it would be something they were going to do down the road. But I got a call Wednesday at 8 a.m. that they wanted to shoot the final scenes of the movie here on Sunday, and they were coming today," Panza said Thursday while sitting in the dining room of Pluma's Restaurant, which he co-owns with Mona Kinsey and her son, Thomas Kinsey Jr.
"It happened so fast, I'm still trying to comprehend it."
Alex Hamilton, assistant location manager for DreamWorks, said the Pittsburgh Penguins' advancement to the Stanley Cup finals eliminated the possibility of shooting bar scenes in the Igloo Club at Mellon Arena, so she decided to bring the shoot to the Irwin bistro.
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