by Shannon Mullen
Back in the Land of Enchantment
Sicario's sequel, Day of the Soldado, returns to New Mexico for its
locations and the team that calls them home.
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heir first meeting was at a Starbucks in Albuquerque. Kevin Kavanaugh had just flown in from Los Angeles
to start prep with location manager Shani Orona, LMGI on Sicario: Day of the Soldado. "I guess I look like a
production designer because she came right up to me, this creepy guy in the corner," Kavanaugh remembers. "I'm
a little shy, but we hit it off." They shared a lot of common ground already, including high expectations set by Sicario's
critical and commercial success. "There was a lot of faith that a sequel would be equally well received," Orona says.
Benicio Del Toro and Isabela Moner
