The upcoming biopic 'Tony' focuses on Anthony Bourdain's early restaurant experiences in Provincetown and is conducting an open casting call for local kitchen staff. This project comes posthumously after Bourdain's death in 2018, generating debate over exploiting his life story. Filming is set for May to July, featuring a strong production team, while critics caution against the trend of revisiting Bourdainâs life through media. His experiences in Provincetown greatly influenced his culinary journey, documented in his autobiography 'Kitchen Confidential.'
According to Boston.com, Tony, an upcoming biopic about Bourdain's early years spent working in restaurants on Provincetown - including local icon the Lobster Pot and the now-closed Flagship Restaurant - is currently holding an open casting call for "real restaurant kitchen staff with dynamic, unique personalities."
Bourdain's first restaurant jobs were in Provincetown in the 1970s. His experience would ultimately spark the trajectory of his culinary career, as he has written about in his best-selling autobiography, Kitchen Confidential.
Tony, backed by slick, Oscar-chasing film production company A24, is the latest in a slew of films and books that have been made in the wake of Bourdain's death by suicide in 2018.
Even as critics have argued that enough is enough with the dissection of Bourdain's life, new projects continue to emerge, such as the upcoming biopic Tony.
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