Films and Songs
In 2000, the Norwegian group Getaway People released a song called "Soi Cowboy" about this area. The American rock band Sun City Girls also have a song called "Soi Cowboy" on their 1996 album 330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond The Rig Veda. In the albums booklet it is said to be based on a traditional melody.
Actor Hugh Grant visited Soi Cowboy in December 2003, while shooting the movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The Tilac Bar and several Soi Cowboy bar girls are seen in the film. The Sun wrote on 23 December 2003 that Grant was chased by bar girls and had to flee, though that apparently was untrue.
Two 1-hour episodes of the British comedy/drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet were shot in Bangkok in the Summer of 2004, partly in Soi Cowboy.
In August 2006, scenes were shot in Soi Cowboy for the film Bangkok Dangerous .
In December 2010, scenes for the film The Hangover Part 2 were also shot here.
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