California – Rush Hour (1998)
Brett Ratner intended to place Jackie Chan in a buddy-cop movie after the success of Rumble in the Bronx, but not as a co-star or sidekick, but on an equal footing with an American star. Ratner travelled to South Africa to pitch the film to Chan, who was filming there. Chan agreed to star in the film a few days later and travelled to Los Angeles to meet Chris Tucker. Tucker was instrumental in getting Ratner’s first feature picture, Money Talks, made, and Ratner thought Tucker and Chan would make a fantastic partnership.
California Rush Hour (1998)
New York – The Greatest Showman (2017)
The Greatest Showman, unlike most current films, was mostly shot on location in New York City, the real-life home of P.T. Barnum’s famous circus. Almost all of the locations featured in the film are real buildings and venues in New York City, despite the fact that some of the magnificent sets were shot on the Warner Brothers staging in Los Angeles. When compared to the surreal musical sequences and the larger-than-life character of P.T. Barnum, the inclusion of real historic buildings helps to ground the film in reality.
New York The Greatest Showman
