Power outage in Quincy may have been caused by Affleck, Damon film crew

QUINCY − A truck belonging to a film and television equipment rental company hit a pole near Quincy Center Tuesday morning, knocking out power to the surrounding neighborhood.

The truck brought down power lines near Whitwell and Granite streets Tuesday morning, taking out electricity at the nearby Star Market, nearby traffic lights and surrounding homes and businesses. The truck bore the name "Haddad's," the rental company, and was yards away from Malachy's Saloon, the site of a movie shoot scheduled for Wednesday.

Quincy police Tuesday afternoon said they couldn't be sure the truck was connected to the scheduled shoot of Matt Damon and Casey Affleck's film "The Instigators," but set dressers have been on site since Monday, as have similar trucks.

The Quincy watering hole is the latest stop in a series of Boston-area filming locations for "The Instigators," an Apple TV+ film staring the two Massachusetts natives. Malachy's will be closed Wednesday as filming takes place.

"The Instigators" is a film about two thieves who go on the run with the help of one of their therapists after a robbery goes awry, according to Deadline. Damon is producing the film alongside Ben Affleck under their production company Artists Equity under Apple Original Films.

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In addition to Damon ("Good Will Hunting," "Jason Bourne") and Affleck ("Good Will Hunting," "Manchester by the Sea"), the movie stars Hong Chau ("The Whale"), Paul Walter Hauser ("I, Tonya") and Michael Stuhlbarg ("Boardwalk Empire"). It's directed by Doug Liman, who is famous for hits including "The Bourne Identity," "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "Swingers."

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