Some of the most memorable scenes in popular movies were filmed on location. Here are eight movie locations you can visit in real life.
1. Tenet
Car chase scene
Location: Laagna Road Tallinn, Estonia
One of the most memorable scenes in Christopher Nolan's 2020 science fiction film is a car chase scene, with cars travelling forward and backwards in time.
According to US Today, 6km of the Laagna Tee highway in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, had to be shut down.
"To go to a city and say, 'Look, in the middle of the day, we want to close down your busiest highway for three weeks.' But they went with it. We really had the run of that road throughout the day and staged some very extreme stunts where we had to clear the whole area," Christopher Nolan said in an interview with US Today.
Nele Paves, the commissioner of the Estonia Film Institute, told the publication that Estonians were "so proud of the film".
2. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Location: Húsavík, Iceland
The Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams musical comedy film was set in Husavik and filmed in the small town in Iceland. It follows two singers who are given a chance to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest.
The final song the pair sang was titled Husavik and received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Icelandic tour guide Júlíus Freyr Theodórsso told Oprah Daily that the whole town was involved and that "everybody was an extra or had some role in the movie".
3. Avengers: Infinity War
Thanos' retreat
Location: Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
Thanos' retreat at the end of Avengers: Infinity War is considered to be the eighth Wonder of the World.
The Banaue Rice Terraces are terraces that were carved into the mountains for Banaue Ifugao by the ancestors of the Igorot people.
Interesting fact: Josh Brolin did not film the scene in the Philippines.
According to ABS CBN News, Marvel Studios used footage of the terraces, which they acquired from a production company, Indochina Productions, for the scene.
4. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Entrance to the Lestrange Mausoleum
Location: Highgate Cemetery, London, England
While in the film The Lestrange Mausoleum, which houses members of the ancient wizarding family, is set in Paris; in real life, it is Highgate Cemetery in England.
According to Find that Location, the cemetery is "a Victorian necropolis whose melancholy architecture attracts film crews and visitors alike".
The cemetery is open daily and, according to the website, has over 170 000 people in 53 000 graves, including author Douglas Adams, novelist George Eliot, and poet Christina Rossetti.
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