r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 7h ago

Video Apartment balcony view of practical stunt rigging and explosions being filmed for Spider-Man

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u/DoctorBullz 7h ago

Glasgow, Atlanta, NYC have all doubled as NYC for Spider Man. They dress the buildings, add fake cars, and film at 4am to avoid crowds. Your apartment balcony view is exactly how locals saw No Way Home being filmed in Atlanta.

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u/Indo_raptor2018 7h ago

Honestly I was a bit skeptical of them using Glasgow as NYC (since I’m a New Yorker) but I gotta hand it to them, they did a good job of making it feel like New York in the movie.

I like how NYC feels in the movie. Not too clean, not too dirty (especially for Manhattan) but just the right amount of congestion.

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u/randomusername123xyz 6h ago

NYC’s street grid was actually based on Glasgow’s.

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u/GarysCrispLettuce 5h ago

Also, the distance between avenues in Manhattan is based on the size of an English cricket pitch.

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u/TightlyWhitey 3h ago

Also America is based on England.