Tom Hanks and half of Hollywood loves Budapest

4,000 tons of soil was piled up in Budapest because of Matt Damon, but several other films were shot here; the film industry produces more money for Hungary than for any other European countries, reports Index. 

Many Hollywood blockbusters were shot in Budapest. Harrison Ford has lived here for months, taking selfies in Hungarian restaurants and bicycle stores, because of the shooting of Blade Runner 2049. GQ magazine published a photo series of Ryan Gosling posing in different locations in Budapest or reading Magyar Nemzet in bed – even Yahoo News has reported that TV2, the channel of Andy Vajna, covered the name of the newspaper while actually quoting it.

But Spy and The Martian were also shot here, just like Inferno and its leading actor, Tom Hanks said that he finds Budapest one of the most wonderful cities in the world.

Still, from a professional point of view, not one of these blockbusters was so successful among the films shot in Hungary as the drama of László Nemes Jeles, Son of Saul, which won the Oscar, and the award of the jury in Cannes before that.