The Capri Motel

Part One
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When Joe goes undercover to avoid attention from the police, he shacks up at a shady motel. When location scouting, many locations crossed our minds, but we finally decided with the Motel Capri. In case you were unaware, aside from the excellent dilapidated Hollywood look to it, there is quite a history there:

http://www.kmbc.com/news/2329830/detail.html

So what you are thinking; there was a dead body in one of the beds, isn't that exactly the type of authentic location you want? And the answer is unquestionably yes; but we wanted to book the actual room that they found the carcass in. To our morbid dismay, the owner was quite reluctant.

ME: If at all possible, we would prefer to stay in the room where the body was found.
CLERK: What body?
ME: You know, the one that was all over the news, the guy that died here.
CLERK: I don't know what you are talking about.

Tomorrow we actually film there.