Where Was ‘I Want Your Sex’ Filmed? Locations and Cast Details

Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex places a dangerous workplace romance inside a version of Los Angeles that is glossy, lurid and slightly unreal. Cooper Hoffman plays Elliot, an aimless young man hired by celebrated artist Erika Tracy, portrayed by Olivia Wilde. What begins as a promising job becomes a private arrangement involving desire, control and shifting boundaries, before betrayal and murder enter the picture. The story is rooted in Los Angeles’ contemporary art scene, and the publicly reported production was based in the city.

I Want Your Sex Filming Locations

The confirmed filming location for I Want Your Sex is Los Angeles, California. Production reports identified Los Angeles as the shooting base before cameras rolled, and no additional city, state or country has since been publicly attached to the production. IMDb’s current filming-locations page does not provide any individual buildings or addresses.

That choice is entirely consistent with Araki’s career. Although not every one of his stories is set in Los Angeles, all 12 of his feature films have been shot there. For the filmmaker, the city is more than a convenient production center. Its peculiar collision of glamour, fantasy, neglect and seediness has long shaped the emotional temperature of his work.

A trailer shot appears to reveal that part of I Want Your Sex was filmed at Quixote Griffith Park Studios, a soundstage complex at 4585 Electronics Place in Los Angeles. The identification is supported by the “Zone 17” parking markings visible in the scene, which correspond with Zone 17 on the studio’s official parking plan.

Erika’s Gallery

Erika’s gallery and studio form the movie’s most important screen environment. Sundance described the film as unfolding against a sexually charged Los Angeles gallery scene, while early reviews have highlighted the venue’s intense colors, provocative installations and deliberately exaggerated production design.

The real building used for those sequences has not been disclosed. Magnolia Pictures’ press kit and Black Bear’s official film page do not name a gallery, warehouse, studio complex or street address. It is therefore unknown whether the finished space was a functioning Los Angeles gallery transformed by the art department, an empty commercial property, a constructed set, or a combination of several locations.

Whatever its real-world identity, the space functions as an extension of Erika herself. It feels less like a conventional white-cube gallery and more like a carefully controlled performance of her personality: playful, confrontational and seductive. Production designer Angelique Clark helped create that heightened environment, separating Erika’s theatrical world from Elliot’s more ordinary existence.

Elliot and Apple’s Apartment

The apartment shared by Elliot and Apple, played by Chase Sui Wonders, provides the visual counterweight to Erika’s expansive domain. Publicity images and festival reviews reveal a comparatively cramped home, including a small bathroom where the roommates prepare to go out. The tighter surroundings underline Elliot’s lack of money, direction and independence before Erika pulls him into her orbit.

No neighborhood or residential address has been verified. Placing the apartment in Hollywood, Silver Lake, Echo Park or another district associated with young artists would currently be speculation. It was created during the Los Angeles production, but the practical property or studio space behind it remains unidentified.

Police Scenes Shot

Johnny Knoxville and Margaret Cho play Detectives Zem and Zola, who question Elliot as the film gradually reveals the events surrounding its central mystery. Their interrogation room becomes a recurring framing device, interrupting Elliot’s recollections of Erika and the increasingly chaotic affair.

However, no operating police station or Los Angeles civic building has been publicly connected to the production. The interrogation-room scenes may have been completed inside a dressed practical location or a controlled set, but available production material does not establish which.

The same caution applies to the film’s nightlife venues, streets and secondary interiors. They belong to the wider Los Angeles shoot, yet no scene-by-scene address list has been published. Chateau Marmont should not be added to that list. Araki and Wilde met at the hotel before filming, but the reported meeting does not prove that the property appears in the movie.

When Did Filming Take Place?

Principal photography began on October 2, 2024, and wrapped on October 27, 2024, giving the production a calendar window of less than four weeks. Wilde marked the end of her work during the final weekend, while trade reporting confirmed that filming had taken place in Los Angeles.

The compact schedule suited the concentrated geography. Instead of moving between several production hubs, the team could create contrasting social worlds within one city while drawing on Araki’s long familiarity with Los Angeles.

Who Stars in ‘I Want Your Sex’?

Olivia Wilde stars as provocative artist Erika Tracy, while Cooper Hoffman plays Elliot, her inexperienced new assistant and muse. The supporting cast includes Mason Gooding as Elliot’s co-worker Zap, Chase Sui Wonders as his roommate Apple, Daveed Diggs as Erika’s business manager Vikktor, and Charli XCX as Elliot’s girlfriend Minerva. Johnny Knoxville and Margaret Cho play Detectives Zem and Zola, with Roxane Mesquida as Yvette and James Duval in an undisclosed role.

FAQs:

Was ‘I Want Your Sex’ Filmed Entirely in Los Angeles?

Los Angeles is the only publicly confirmed filming base. No production work in another city or country has been reported, although a complete address-level location list has not been released.

Is Erika Tracy’s Art Gallery Real?

Erika Tracy and her gallery are fictional. The actual Los Angeles building or constructed set used for the gallery scenes has not been publicly identified.

Was Chateau Marmont a Filming Location?

There is no evidence that it was used for filming. Gregg Araki and Olivia Wilde met there before the shoot, but that pre-production meeting should not be mistaken for a confirmed screen location.

When Was ‘I Want Your Sex’ Filmed?

Principal photography ran from October 2 to October 27, 2024. Magnolia Pictures is scheduled to release the film in US theaters on July 31, 2026.

This article will be updated after I Want Your Sex is released in theaters on July 31, 2026, as additional filming locations and scene-specific details become available.