While we were at the hotel, we received notice that they were filming a movie on the property, and throughout San Juan. It is the sequel to “21 Jump Street” (an 80’s TV series that they re-made into a movie, and now a sequel), called “22 Jump Street.”
Apparently, Hollywood uses Puerto Rico quite a bit when they want Latin American culture. This movie us set in “Mexico”.
When we checked in, this wall did not exist. It is a part of the set design to cover the casino on the other side. Ahead of the wall is the skybridge.
We walked old San Juan one more time. A guy with a pet iguana placed it on us, for a few bucks of course…he was beautiful, and soft, with pastel scales.
We walked to the fort El Morro. I love historic cemeteries, and there was one right along the fort and water. As we began to head toward it, we noticed that they had the road blocked off. When we went to explore a little more, we discovered that they were filming a scene for the movie!
Between the trees and the will is a street. This scene has a truck drive along the white wall, then you see a man with a brightly colored backpack run down the hill and run down the road. Another person (could not really tell, but I think it was Channing Tatum), chased after him. They’d do the scene, then we’d head the production crew talk on their walkie talkies, then do it again. At the top of the hill, you can see one of the actors waiting to roll.
Time for lunch. Per the suggestion of the concierge at the hotel, we went to Cafe Puerto Rico. This is one of those places where David and I will talk about for years to come. When we first entered the restaurant, it had a small dining room and was packed. They had us sit on a bench with a few others waiting to be seated. Within five minutes, they moved us upstairs to their bar, where NO ONE else was, aside from a couple employees having lunch at the bar. We enjoyed a delicious, quiet meal by ourselves. It was not until we were almost finished that they added a couple more tables. ‘A’ feasted on octopus salad. (He gets it from his mom’s side…)
Mine was a wonderful chicken and eggplant dish.
We joined family back at the pool for the rest of the day. Helicopters filmed the hotel and coastline non stop for a couple of hours. You can kind of see the camera in the from of the copter. It was incredible to watch all the different angles the helicopter was able to make to get the shots they wanted. There is a very small chance we might even be in the movie. Who knows?
