Complex sentence: Mendez claims the "town (used for filming) had never had a movie shot" there before, and went on to say: "it's actually one of the poorest suburbs in America, to be honest".
Split into simpler sentences: Mendez claims the "town (used for filming) had never had a movie shot" there before. He went on to claim: "it's actually one of the poorest suburbs in America, to be honest".