“The big thing about shooting in Louisiana was all of the tropical plants,” he notes. “There’s palm trees everywhere and weird trees that are not in Boston, so we removed the trees in post-production.”
Linfield was additionally shot in Louisiana. Alex’s grandmother’s home, which he inherits, was within the Garden District. The solely factor that’s given the situation away is the sidewalks. “New Orleans sidewalks are notoriously in bad shape,” Haley says. “All the New Orleans natives see it and they go, ‘That’s New Orleans because of how crazy the sidewalks are.’ But it’s great when Poppy runs after Alex because it’s one last big hurdle for her. Emily ran so hard on those two days that she pulled a muscle.”
Barcelona, Spain
One of the most important modifications from the ebook was transferring the marriage of Alex’s brother David (Miles Heizer) from Palm Springs to Barcelona. Haley says it’s virtually unattainable to movie in Palm Springs because of value, so that they determined to stage the summer season nuptials within the Spanish metropolis as a substitute. “It added a certain European destination vibe that made the scope of the film feel bigger,” Haley says.
The rehearsal dinner was filmed within the Museum of Natural Sciences of Barcelona, with flowers and parasols for additional décor, whereas the marriage itself happened at Santa Clotilde, a non-public villa with public gardens. The rooftop of the ME Barcelona additionally made an look early within the movie. Although some soundstages had been used, the Airbnb Poppy rents within the metropolis was an actual house. The staff added orange paint and constructed scaffolding and plastic sheeting across the balcony.
“We had the rain machine outside, but I needed privacy for Tom and Emily,” Haley says. “It was such an intimate scene out in the rain. We found some really cool locations, but they were too public. This home was a really great find. The exterior of her Airbnb was a different location that was on a beautiful street in Barcelona.”
For the airport scenes, the staff cleaned and dressed up the now-shuttered previous New Orleans airport, which was additionally used to movie Carry On. “We made it look like a few different airports,” Haley notes. “It made life so much easier because when you shoot an active airport there’s a whole security thing and it takes forever to get in and out.”
Squamish, British Columbia
Recreating British Columbia in Spain for Alex and Poppy’s first trip collectively was a selected problem. The filmmakers ended up discovering a village and forested space known as Espinelves. “It’s so small that we had to be so smart about where the camera was and what trees we could see,” Haley says. “It’s basically a little nature park. Bruce did incredible work with the design and put in RVs and tents. He added more trees so that we could block certain things.”