Mexico City, Mexico | MCU: Location Scout

Aerial view of Mexico City. Text: Mexico City, Mexico.

Say you’re gonna do what this guy did. Leave SHIELD, go off the grid. What’s your move?

Establishing Shot – Aerial

The establishing shot of Mexico City is stock footage that focuses on the Entrada Servicio Torre Altus apartment building, looking North.

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Establishing Shot – Street

Two other stock shots are used to help establish Mexico City. The first one below is the North side of Plaza de la Constitución, looking east past Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, while the crowded street image has yet to be identified.

  • Long shot of Mexico City plaza with pedestrians and cars, next to church.
  • Long shot of crowded Mexico City street.

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Wide Alley, Mexico City

Coulson and May park in an alley to stake out some shops in Mexico City, while looking for an Agent who may know something about Skye’s parentage. Later, May chases Agent Lumley into a wide Alley where they fight before he escapes up a fire escape. Coulson captures him by flying Lola into the alley.

All of this action was filmed at the same location, in the alleyway behind the Alexandria Hotel on S Spring Street, as well as the building next to it. Elements of the Spring Street parking lot can be seen behind Lola in the bottom images.

  • May and Coulson sit in Lola in a Mexico City alley.
  • May and Coulson sit in Lola in a Mexico City alley.
  • May and Coulson exit Lola in a Mexico City alley.
  • May runs down a sloped alley in Mexico City.
  • Agent May runs into a Mexico City alley.
  • Agent May fights Agent Lumley in a Mexico City alley.
  • Agent May fights Agent Lumley in a Mexico City alley.
  • Coulson pulls into alley in Lola to block Agent Lumley's escape.
  • Agent Lumley climbs a fire escape in the alley.
  • Lola hovers off of a fire escape in Mexico City alley.

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Stores, Mexico City

Coulson and May observe “Dario Marquez’s dress shop” as a location that Agent Lumley might try to enter. These quick shots of the stores and sidewalks of Mexico City are filmed from the small alley on S. Broadway, looking at 517 S Broadway.

  • Binocular view of Bodas de Rosas store.
  • Sidewalk racks of clothes for sale by large umbrella.
  • Sidewalk racks of clothes for sale by large umbrella.

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Sidewalk, Mexico City

Spotting their Agent, May leaves the alley to tail him on the sidewalk. He cuts into a store with an “Oro” sign out front, and May informs Coulson that he’s headed for an alley. These storefronts are also along S. Broadway, with the building he enters being Sinay Jewelry at 526 Broadway, which often has an “Oro” (or Gold) sign in front of it.

  • May on a crowded Mexico City sidewalk.
  • A crowded Mexico City sidewalk.

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Narrow Alley, Mexico City

When Lumley spots May, he takes off and runs down this small alley, followed by May. This is a small alley on S Broadway, next to 512 S. Broadway. It might be better recognized by fans as the Spider-Man alley, where Tobey Maguire enters to change into his costume in the 2002 film.

  • Agent Lumley runs through a narrow Mexico City alley.
  • Agent May runs through a narrow Mexico City alley.

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(Agents of SHIELD S01E12, 2014)