What were the specific challenges of shooting in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?
JB: I think the city services were stretched. The police, fire, medical. They treated us very well. We got everything done we needed to get done. As an example, and this is minor, but in the hotels there was no room service which is no big deal. But it’s things like that because they lost a lot of their workers because there was no housing so it was very difficult for people to live in New Orleans during the period of time that we were there. Q: So what was the choice to move it from. I know Tony (Scott) said he moved it from New York to New Orleans and there was a fight. How much were you debating on whether to go down there? JB: I always wanted to go to New Orleans and wanted Tony to be there because I love the city, I’ve worked there in the past, and it’s just such a unique American city. And there’s a misnomer about New Orleans because it’s not… The city itself is functioning. The Quarter you’d never know anything happened. Even though you walk around the city and there’s construct
