CNN reports about 10 beautiful movie locations in Budapest – VIDEO

According to CNN Travel, Budapest is becoming more and more important for the film production industry. For example, it provided a backdrop for such big-budget blockbusters like Blade Runner 2049, Red Sparrow, Inferno, Spy, or Evita. Furthermore, there are Atomic Blonde, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and there’s even more to come. Thus, they collected ten famous places where film makers like to shoot.

Budapest is on the map of the American film industry

According to CNN Travel, the ten most beautiful movie locations in the Hungarian capital are:

1. Gellért Hotel and Baths: Elisabeth Taylor, Richard Burton: Bluebeard (1972); Madonna: Evita (1996) and Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson: I Spy (2002).
2. Four Seasons Hotel Gresham: Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law: Spy (2015)

Here you can watch an interview with Melissa McCarthy who is talking about Budapest:

3. Bálna building: Ridly Scott’s The Martian (2015) and CBS television series Ransom (2017-).
4. Andrássy Avenue and Oktogon: Madonna: Evita (1996), Robert Pattinson: Bel Ami (2012).

Robert Pattinson speaking in Hungarian:

5. St. Stephen’s Basilica: Tom Hanks: Inferno (2016) and NBC drama Royal Pains.
6. Gozsdu-garden: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Red Heat (1988), Tony Scott’s Spy Game starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt (2001).
7. Hungarian State Opera House: Jennifer Lawrence: Red Sparrow (2018), Woody Allen’s Love and Death (1975), Steven Spielberg’s 2005 movie Munich. Finally, the 1998 classic, The Phantom of the Opera.
8. Hungarian Parliament Building and the Danube River: Jason Statham: Transporter 3 (2008), Charlize Theron: Atomic Blonde (2017).
9. Heroes’ Square: A Good Day to Die Hard (2013).
10. Liberty Square: Will Smith, Blade Runner 2049 (2017)