NYC Flower Shop Owner Protested Sofia Coppola’s New Movie, Forcing Production to Move

[hewontgo]

NYC Flower Shop Owner Protested Sofia Coppola’s New Movie, Forcing Production to Move https://t.co/EmfNjBgOag pic.twitter.com/7dE6PgGEtg
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) June 5, 2019
Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray’s movie “On the Rocks” was set to film on Thompson Street in NYC

Comments

[alienjiive]

So the plot is basically a combo of Lost in Translation and Somewhere set in NYC? Give us something new, Sofia.

And good for that business owner for standing up for herself and her company.

[luckythree3]

She hired a person of color so I’m sure she feels like it’s all brand new.

[damaliaraya]

Yeahhhh, being paid in ‘exposure’ isn’t good business policy and I wouldn’t go for that shit either.

[picturemegone]

mte the exposure/free advertising offer is such a scam

[hpxstac]

Mte.

[xpirate_queenx]

They were only willing to pay her $400 at first

Ugh.

[supernature_971]

They couldn't give her $2,500? *rolls eyes*

Good for you Testa.

[scriptedending]

I read the NYT article about it, and it was interesting. She said the PA/location person who brought her the original proposal really rubbed her the wrong way, and acted like the movie would be doing her a favor by paying her since they had a permit to film there regardless. All of the other shop owners on the block had agreed to filming, but they ended up moving the shoot a block away.

[dov_b]

My boyfriend had to carry a bill with his name and address on it so he could get onto his own street when they were filming a Coke commercial there. Ridiculous.

[wormsinthedirt]

I get that it’s kinda necessary but it’s so gross that production companies get to close entire public streets.