Filming featured shooting at the picturesque Lake Balaton, the largest inland lake in Europe, located an hour-and-a-half drive from Budapest, Hungary. Two lakeside villas served as unique practical locations in the film. The first, located on the northern shore of the lake, is "story set" on the Black Sea in Bulgaria, where suave agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) flees from gunmen after a botched assignment and makes his way to an escape speedboat. The second villa, even more luxuriant, plays itself, so to speak, and is situated forty minutes away, near the popular tourist village of Balatonfured. The filmmakers did an aerial reconnaissance around the entire lake to discover this property, which sits majestically atop a multi-acre beautiful lawn that slopes to the shoreline. This 19th century villa was at one time a hotel before becoming private property. The front doors open to a grand staircase, fit for royalty. Or, in this case, De Luca (Bobby Cannavale), who resides here when not frequenting Italian casinos. Actor Cannavale has said: "The house helps me get into character. I think, 'I own this'. It's as if De Luca found this elaborate staircase and made them build a house around it. He's never content. He doesn't share his toys and always wants more". The large estate accommodated a planned helicopter landing and take-off for one of the film's climactic scenes.

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