While the world continues to be hobbled by current circumstances, Budapest and Hungary remain a location dedicated to safe and efficient working conditions. As such, there continues to be a stream of stars in and out of Budapest; most recently, Ethan Hawke and actress Jamie Lee Curtis, the later known for her parts in the Halloween franchise, A Fish Called Wanda, and True Lies. But Curtis has the distinction of also actually being heretically Hungarian. Curtis is the daughter of Hollywood legend Tony Curtis, whose father was a Hungarian Jew that emigrated to the United States.

As it was Mother’s Day in American on May 1, Curtis wished her paternal grandmother, Helen Schwartz, a happy mother’s day in Hungarian, while looking out over the Danube and the Buda Palace. Curtis is here on business, though. She is currently shooting Borderlands with Kate Blanchett and Kevin Hart. This is an Eli Roth film, and based on the successful video game by the same name. According to Reporter Budapest, “Curtis will play Tannis, based on the character Dr. Patricia Tannis, an archeologist on the planet of Pandora, whose expertise could help lead to a mysterious vault filled with ancient alien technology.”

This isn’t Curtis’s first time in Budapest, and it’s worth noting that her father had a hand in the renovation of one of Budapest’s—and the world’s—most stunning pieces of architecture: the Great Synagogue on Dohány street in downtown Pest. Jamie Lee Curtis also reportedly continues to support the landmark’s development.

So, as we hit our stride as summer—and a more open country—approaches, let’s hope the success that brings actors like Curtis to Budapest and Hungary to film, continues.

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