harold and kumar go to white castle where was it filmed
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
title: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle text: as himself in the script without asking him first. Harris liked the script and agreed to appear in the film. During casting, both Kal Penn and actor Sendhil Ramamurthy were being considered for the role of Kumar. After auditioning seven times, Penn eventually won the part. "Harold & Kumar" began filming on May 12, 2003. The film is set in New Jersey, but was mainly filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Scenes set at Princeton University were actually filmed at the University of Toronto's Victoria College and Knox College. The production design team had to build a White Castle franchise especially title: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle text: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle is a 2004 American stoner comedy film and the first installment of the "Harold & Kumar" series. The film was written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and directed by Danny Leiner. The story follows Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) as they decide to go to the fast food chain White Castle after smoking marijuana, but end up on a series of comical misadventures along the way. The film also features Fred Willard, Paula Garcés, Anthony Anderson, Dan Bochart, Ethan Embry, Jamie title: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle text: for the shoot since Canada does not have White Castle restaurants. During filming, Penn ate veggie burgers as he is a vegetarian. "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle: Original Soundtrack" was released on July 27, 2004. It contains 16 songs from the film. Songs that are in the film but do not appear on the soundtrack include: In the 11 days before the film's release, New Line Cinema turned a parking lot on Sunset Strip into a temporary White Castle. The restaurant served 40,000 burgers to patrons, including Quentin Tarantino, Farah Fawcett and Jay Leno. White Castle launched several title: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle text: ten days. Kumar convinces Harold to go with him to Amsterdam to pursue Maria, reminding him that marijuana is legal in the Netherlands. While living in Los Angeles, screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg decided to write a low-budget stoner film and base the main characters on their high school friends from Randolph High School. They based the character of Harold on their real-life friend Harold Lee. Hurwitz got the idea to base the film around White Castle from his own experience craving White Castle burgers when he lived in Pennsylvania for several years. At the time, Pennsylvania did not title: Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle text: have any White Castle locations and Hurwitz had to have family members bring him frozen White Castle burgers from New Jersey. The filmmakers received permission from White Castle in 2002 to use the chain's name in the film. One scene that depicted a White Castle being closed was changed at the request of the company's director of marketing. The film was also supposed to feature a hunt for Krispy Kreme donuts, but the food was changed to hotdogs when Krispy Kreme refused to allow the film to use their name. Hurwitz and Schlossberg included a role for Neil Patrick Harris