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Benicio Del Toro Was Stopped By TSA Over ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Script

Benicio del Toro, who stars in Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme', revealed that the film's script got him flagged for TSA inspection during a flight.

The Oscar winner, who stars in Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, revealed that the film’s script got him flagged for TSA inspection during a flight, due to some suspicious scenes in the screenplay. “And for some reason, I had my computer in there, and I didn’t take it out, so the TSA people, they just said, ‘Hey, we need to check your bag.’ ‘Sure.’ He opens the bag, he looks into it—and I take my scripts and I make the headings bigger, so I can get to it really quick.” Marking Anderson’s 13th feature, The Phoenician Scheme is now in theaters, starring del Toro as wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda, who becomes the target of a deadly pursuit after appointing his nun daughter, Sister Liesl (Mia Threapleton), as the sole heir to his estate.

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