From the Drake “In My Feelings” music video to The Simpsons episode released earlier this year, New Orleans continues to get a lot of love from Hollywood, and we completely understand why! There are so many things to love about this city, and fortunately, popular musicians, movies, and TV series have been showing us off for years; so much so that our city has been nicknamed Hollywood South. In 2013, New Orleans was home to more major movie locations than any other location in the world.
In honor of these two recent releases, our admission team wanted to share a few of our favorite New Orleans cameos with you!
Sierra Cason-The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog not only introduced the first Black Disney princess, Tiana, but the fairy tale was based on Leah Chase. Chase is the queen of the kitchen at my favorite New Orleans restaurant, Dooky Chase!
Owen Knight-22 Jump Street
Rachel Rosenberg- Beyonce's Lemonade
From the Edna Karr Marching Band cameo in Algiers, to Destrehan Plantation, Beyonce’s visual album is full of Louisiana imagery. She ends the album with "All Night", where you can see Beyonce, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy playing around in the Superdome, interspersed with scenes of Bourbon Street and various other recognizable spots in the city. Beyonce and Jay-Z own a house in the Garden District, and her sister Solange lives here as well, so it’s no surprise that she used this beautiful place as the backdrop for this visual album. You can check out all of the locations used in Lemonade here.
Jeff Schiffman-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Last week, I was on an international flight from China to Los Angeles and I was happy to see that one of my favorite movies of all time was available in-flight. By the time the two-hour-46-minute epic was over, I was literally sobbing in seat 44C, much to the shock of my Chinese seat mate. But how can you not shed a tear at this incredibly moving story of the human spirit, lasting love, and most importantly, New Orleans? NOLA plays a leading role in the decades-spanning narrative and we see iconic sites like the Bandstand in Audubon Park and the world-famous Clover Grill on Bourbon Street. If you ask me, nothing beats this movie when it comes to the all-time greatest NOLA-shot films.
Leila Labens-Beasts of the Southern Wild
Julie Slusky-Scream Queens
New Orleans has been said to be a uniquely haunted, mystical place, especially around Halloween. I’m not really one for scary movies, but when I found out that Scream Queens, a campy comedy “horror” TV show, was being produced right on our steps with Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Lea Michele, Ariana Grande, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Nick Jonas, I knew I had to watch it. The hilarity and overall ridiculous situations the Chanels of Kappa Tau get into while escaping the Red Devil on the show was made only more enjoyable to watch since I recognized a backdrop or actor extra (including our own Admission Counselor, Owen Knight) at every turn.
This is a food show where they explore the meaning of authenticity and challenge what is and should be seen as fine dining. The host goes to Galatoire’s in the French Quarter, and also spends some time in Gretna exploring the Vietnamese influence on New Orleans cuisine and vice versa.
Adam Griego-Treme
Growing up right outside of New Orleans, my family and I experienced Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath firsthand, and HBO’s Treme did a fantastic job portraying the storm from multiple perspectives to show what the storm meant to so many. Between its depictions of the city’s vibrant culture to the process in which that culture remained intact throughout the rebuilding of our community, the show always hit close to home while still managing to put a smile on my face. Watching Treme bring these characters' varied experiences to life made me even prouder to be a New Orleanian than I already was. All of that plus one of my favorite characters was a professor at Tulane!
Nora Colman-12 Years a Slave
One of my favorite movies that was filmed in New Orleans is 12 Years a Slave. In my sophomore year at Tulane, I read the book in a history course on the slave trade in Louisiana, and we actually got to go visit the filming locations throughout New Orleans and southern Louisiana before the movie was released. It was an amazing experience getting to read and analyze the book in an educational setting in the context of this city that was my new home, and then see it come to life on the big screen where I could recognize the locations, plantations, hotels, and streets. It helped remind me of the complicated, rich history of enslaved people in New Orleans and Louisiana and connect it to the city’s present day culture.
Keith Stanford-Interview with the Vampire
I enjoyed Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise & Brad Pitt (though, I’m not too big a fan of either actor). I do, however, love Anne Rice and read most of the Vampire Chronicles and was excited to see the books come to life on the big screen. The city of New Orleans is as much a character in the books as the interesting vampires.
Anne Rice seems to capture the city of New Orleans the way only a native can – with love and appreciation of the culture that runs deep. Her “hero,” the rambunctious Vampire Lestat, runs rampant in the city and sinks his teeth not only in his chosen victims, but the lovely French-themed homes and adorned streets of a central character of the novel – New Orleans.
There you have it! Now get watchin'!
There you have it! Now get watchin'!
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