A couple of months ago, I checked my mailbox and saw a folded letter inside. I opened it and started reading - it was a note from a location scout stating that they were looking for locations for Hangman, an upcoming thriller movie starring Al Pacino and had scouted my apartment as a potential location. So exciting! I sent the letter and contact information to my landlord and a few weeks later, after a contract was signed, it was confirmed that filming would occur in my apartment for one day. About twenty people from the filming crew, including the director, came by for a few minutes one night to talk through the scene with each other. I learned that they would be filming a chase scene through my apartment and had scouted the location because of the shotgun straight-through style.
The day of the filming, I removed a few small breakable items from my apartment and otherwise left everything intact. After work, I came by to watch some of the filming that was occurring a few houses down. It was fun to watch a scene with Brittany Snow and Al Pacino be filmed, I was amazed at how many people it took to create each scene. A couple hours later I received a message from the location manager letting me know that filming was running behind and they would need to film the next morning instead. He offered to put me up for a night at the W Hotel downtown and I agreed, partially because I knew it would be an instant "staycation".
A staycation means taking a vacation in one's hometown. It was fun staying in a hotel in the city where I live. During our staycation, we explored Ponce City Market, grabbed drinks at City Winery, dinner at Ton Ton and went to the Georgia Tech v. University of Virginia football game the next day. I enjoyed feeling that I was a tourist in my own city for a night and cannot wait to see Hangman when it is released!
