Question: where was the movie the big sick filmed

title: The Big Sick
text: In February 2016 , Zoe Kazan joined the cast , along with Holly Hunter and Ray Romano in April 2016 . Unlike many of the other portrayals in The Big Sick , Romano 's and Hunter 's roles in the film were not modeled after Emily V. Gordon 's actual parents . Instead , Hunter revealed that she never contacted or met Gordon 's mother in preparing for her role , explaining : `` I never even met ( co-writer ) Emily ( V. Gordon ) 's mother . I never spoke with her on the phone ... I wanted to feel my own freedom with the character . In May 2016 , Aidy Bryant , Bo Burnham , and Kurt Braunohler also joined the cast of the film . That same month , Adeel Akhtar joined the cast of the film . David Alan Grier was cast in The Big Sick after he met with Emily V. Gordon when she was a writer for The Carmichael Show . Grier 's role was part of a larger subplot that was ultimately cut from the film 's release .