Hudson Valley Stands In For Long Island In New Julia Roberts Movie

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Hollywood icons Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali are the stars of the highly anticipated new release, "Leave the World Behind" hitting theater screens and Netflix on Friday, but the Hudson Valley has a prominent, if unbilled, role as well.

The film by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is set on Long Island, but a number of filming locations in the Hudson Valley stand in for Long Island. The film follows a family as their vacation is upended as a cyber-attack changes the world as we know it.

The story is billed as a sort of "apocalypse comes to the Hamptons thriller" that sees a luxurious beach getaway become a crisis that forces a reckoning in which everyone must come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

According to Westchester County Film, "Leave the World Behind" includes several scenes filmed in Westchester in May of 2022, including Katonah, Pleasantville, Lewisboro (including a home in Goldens Bridge), and FDR State Park in Yorktown Heights.

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Of course, there are a few things that Long Island has that can't be replicated in Westchester, namely sea views without Long Island in the frame. Scenes were also filed in Smithtown, Riverhead and Lloyd Harbor in the the spring and summer of 2022.

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You can watch the trailer for the Netflix movie here: