Where Was Anyone But You Filmed?

April 24, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

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Where Was Anyone But You Filmed?

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Summary "Anyone But You," loosely based on Much Ado About Nothing, was filmed in Australia.

The film features fake dating tropes leading to real feelings, filmed in Terrey Hills, Marks Park, and Palm Beach in New South Wales.

Iconic scenes at a yacht party in Sydney Harbor, Sydney Opera House, and Sydney Cricket Ground contribute to the rom-com's charm.

Not only are romantic comedies making a comeback, but so are destination ones, including Anyone But You, which was filmed and takes place in Australia. The 2023 rom-com, directed by Will Gluck, is loosely based on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (adding to the list of Shakespeare-inspired rom-coms, like 10 Things I Hate About You). Anyone But You revolves around Glen Powell's Ben and Sydney Sweeney's Bea, a couple whose spark quickly dwindles after first date misunderstandings. But they are reunited when Ben's sister and Bea's sister plan an Australian wedding, where Ben and Bea pretend to date.

Ben and Bea concoct their fake dating plan when their exes — Margaret and Jonathan, respectively — appear in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for the wedding. Anyone But You's fake dating trope has been used numerous times in various movies and television shows (but somehow fails to get old), and, as it always goes, Ben and Bea begin to develop feelings for one another. However, drama ensues (of course), and it all takes place in New South Wales, where the entirety of the cast of Anyone But You, including Powell and Sweeney, shot the film.

Anyone But You Cast Role Glen Powell Ben Sydney Sweeney Bea Alexandra Shipp Claudia GaTa Pete Hadley Robinson Halle Michelle Hurd Carol Dermot Mulroney Leo Darren Barnet Jonathan Bryan Brown Roger Rachel Griffiths Innie Charlee Fraser Margaret Joe Davidson Beau

Terrey Hills

The Beach House

According to an article from The Hollywood Reporter that Anyone But You director Will Gluck wrote, the scenes at the beach house where most characters stayed in the days leading up to the wedding were filmed at an inland home in Terrey Hills. Terrey Hills is a suburb of Northern Sydney located about 15 miles north of Sydney, and the house itself was about an hour's drive from the city. As Gluck pointed out, the production team needed a "really, really big house," so they had to look outside Sydney for the best location for the beach house scenes.

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Marks Park

The Wedding

Aside from the beach house scenes, one of the other important moments in the R-rated movie Anyone But You is the wedding sequence. Of course, almost the entirety of the 2023 film is leading up to Claudia and Halle's big day, and the cast and crew captured these scenes in Marks Park, Tamarama, Sydney, per Elle. Tamarama is one of Sydney's eastern suburbs, and Marks Park is located on top of a cliff overlooking breathtaking views of Australia's coastline and the Pacific Ocean, making it the perfect location for a wedding.

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Palm Beach

Beach Scenes

Since the home where the cast and crew of Anyone But You filmed the beach house scenes was inland, production had to find an adequate beach to shoot the beach sequences, and they landed on Palm Beach, a Sydney suburb 15 miles north of the city. According to director Will Gluck, the cast and crew spent 10 days in Palm Beach capturing scenes for Glen Powell and Syndey Sweeney's rom-com box office success. Gluck called Palm Beach "one of the most beautiful places in the world," and it's where Powell, Sweeney, and the director stayed during all of production.

Anyone But You director Will Gluck revealed that the cast and crew would jump in the water and swim in Palm Beach after wrapping filming for the day.

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Sydney Harbor

Yacht Scene

Before the 2023 romantic comedy's climax (aka the shower scene in Anyone But You and its aftermath), the characters enjoy a yacht party, filmed in Sydney Harbor in Port Jackson. These scenes included Ben and Bea's recreation of an iconic Titanic moment, Bea falling into the water and Ben diving in after her, and the two characters having a heart-to-heart talk on a buoy while waiting for a helicopter to rescue them.

The Sydney Opera House can be spotted numerous times throughout the 2023 rom-com, but its most significant use was during Anyone But You's ending.

In the Hollywood Reporter article, Will Gluck revealed that the cast and crew spent a week in Sydney Harbor capturing these scenes. However, a shark cage was needed for the shoot because sharks populate the waters. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gluck explained:

"Initially they wouldn't give us permission because [Sydney Harbor] is a huge shark area, and people get hurt by sharks all the time there ... A shark tank is these floating buoys with a cage. It was a little bit scary and strange at three in the morning with our actors swimming into a shark tank, knowing that they're at a place where sharks like to hang out."

Sydney Cricket Ground

Airport Scene

Even though it's a brief sequence, Pete picking Ben and Bea up from the airport in Anyone But You was filmed at a significant location — the Sydney Cricket Ground, a sports stadium in Moore Park, a suburb of Sydney. The scene between Glen Powell, Sydney Sweeney, and Ga-Ta's characters was captured in the lobby of the stadium, which houses cricket, football, and rugby games. So, while the moment in Anyone But You may look like it was shot at an airport, it was actually at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground.

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Sydney Opera House

Ending Scene

The Sydney Opera House can be spotted numerous times throughout the 2023 rom-com, but its most significant use was during Anyone But You's ending. After Claudia and Halle's wedding, Bea retreats to the Sydney Opera House, and Ben chases after her. The couple have their big declaration of love moment before kissing, and the Anyone But You moment is captured in front of the iconic performing arts center in the heart of Sydney.

Anyone But You is available to stream on Netflix.

Anyone But You Anyone But You is a romantic comedy by director Will Gluck starring Sydney Sweeny and Glen Powell. Sweeny and Powell star as Bea and Ben, two strangers with an incredible first date that goes sour following one incident at the tail end. Thinking the worst is behind them, the two are roped into a destination wedding in Sydney, Australia, where they'll have to pretend to be a couple despite absolutely hating each other. Director Will Gluck Release Date December 22, 2023 Writers Will Gluck , Ilana Wolpert Cast Sydney Sweeney , Glen Powell , Alexandra Shipp , GaTa , Hadley Robinson , Michelle Hurd , Dermot Mulroney , Darren Barnet , Rachel Griffiths Runtime 103 minutes See at Amazon

Sources: The Hollywood Reporter, Elle, Entertainment Weekly