Actor Byers punches the clock


Living|Arts Section — Names

Thursday, January 13, 2005
by Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan

THE PLAYER— Former Bruins strongman Lyndon Byers was a few yours late arriving on the set (actually a closed Santarpio's restaurant in East Boston) for his scenes in the low-budget film “Street Players,” which is being shot around the Boston area over the next couple of weeks.

Byers was fresh off his morning sports duties on the FM radio station WAAF, and until he strode in with his posse, the movie was true to its shooting schedule. “It’s been moving along nicely,” said John Fitzgerald of Road Rambler Films, which is making the crime drama that centers on the Boston mob

Fitzgerald said the support of the local community has been substantial and a pleasant surprise. “We had so many trucks and crew outside Santarpio’s it looked like we were shooting a big-budget feature. In fact, some of the local unions called wanting to know what we were doing. It’s been great.”