The scenes taking place at My-T-Sharp Barber Shop were filmed on a sound stage at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Ga. 

"It was such a New York statement and a time capsule that we wanted to keep it the same. Thirty years have passed and nothing has changed with the characters," Jefferson told Architectural Digest. "It has a sense of coming home and really anchors our movie to the previous one."

The art department went to extraordinary lengths to track down props used for the barbershop scenes featured in Coming to America — but in some cases, they had no choice but to rebuild pieces of furniture by hand.

It's understood that set decorator Douglas A. Mowat stumbled upon the barbershop chairs during a treasure hunt at a Los Angeles rental house. Other items, like the shoeshine stand, had to be recreated on set — as the one used in the first movie was no longer in good enough condition. 

"We went to great lengths to find as much as we could, and we got just about everything," Jefferson told Variety. 

Impossible it may sound, but some scenes were likely too lavish to be filmed at Rick's mansion. Take, for instance, the throne room or the ballroom scenes — which had to be recreated on an external soundstage as well. 

Coming 2 America is now streaming on Amazon Prime.