{"id":585539,"date":"2026-08-07T01:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/585539\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T01:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:50:13","slug":"high-anxiety-why-is-there-a-man-living-inside-a-billboard-on-sunset-blvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/585539\/","title":{"rendered":"High Anxiety: Why Is There A Man Living Inside A Billboard on Sunset Blvd?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just as the streets of West Hollywood have reopened after the major water main break near\u00a0 Sunset Boulevard at Holloway Drive, there\u2019s a new spectacle to behold.<\/p>\n<p>The Netflix Film<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MLxgaz2Zp1k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> The Last House<\/a> is bringing its sci-fi thriller premise to life above one of LA\u2019s busiest intersections, where a performer will inhabit a furnished living room built into a billboard. Starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura and directed by Louis Leterrier, The Last House follows a family of four who are suddenly sealed in their home with no way out. They have to work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped. <\/p>\n<p>From today through Saturday, Aug.\u00a0 8, a performer will attempt to maintain a sense of normalcy over extended periods of time while stuck in his elevated, enclosed set 30 feet above the ground at Selma Avenue and Sunset Blvd., communicating with commuters and passersby below via whiteboard as an eerie nod to the family\u2019s own isolation in the film.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-697791\" class=\"wp-image-697791 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/THE_LAST_HOUSE-11573-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset Blvd.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"High Anxiety: Why Is There A Man Living Inside A Billboard on Sunset Blvd? 39\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-697791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Living billboard for The Last House from Netflix on Sunset Boulevard. ( Joel Barhamand \/Netflix)\u00a9 2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just as the streets of West Hollywood have reopened after the major water main break near\u00a0 Sunset Boulevard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[103,61,60,410,411],"class_list":["post-585539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}