Movie-Locations.com identifies the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas as the shooting location for the scene in “No Country for Old Men” where Javier Bardem’s relentless hitman and grim reaper, Chigurgh, catches up with Llewelyn at a hotel, thanks to a transponder left in the bag of drug money that Llewelyn has stolen. A shootout ensues, spilling out into the street, where Llewelyn manages to wound Chigurgh.

You can hear Brolin and his “Dune” cinematographer, Greig Fraser, interview “No Country for Old Men” cinematographer Roger Deakins and his partner James Deakins about the shooting of that scene and others in the “No Country” episode of the Team Deakins podcast. In addition to said Coen Brothers’ film, Las Vegas, New Mexico, has served as a shooting location in many other movies, including the 1969 classic “Easy Rider” and the 1994 Kevin Costner Western “Wyatt Earp,” to name but two. 

According to Den of Geek, mountains were added to downtown Las Vegas while “Outer Range” was in post-production, which allowed the city to pass for a Wyoming town. The show’s location manager and scout, Cyndy McCrossen, said:

“The [city] is about 13,000 people. It’s not enormous. A few of the wonderful hotels and the merchants at the time were really hurting because of COVID. So their hospitality was key.”

Season 1 of “Outer Range” is streaming on Prime Video now.