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‘Pam & Tommy’ Production Designer on Building That Grand Mansion
03.06.2022 - 22:27 / variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHulu’s “Pam & Tommy” takes audiences back to sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll in 1990s Los Angeles. It was a pre-9/11 world, when “the internet hasn’t robbed us of our privacy,” points out production designer Ethan Tobman. “The rest of the world adores us and wants to be us.
This was also a time where being famous meant you were famous, and a billion people watched ‘Baywatch’ every week.”That fame belonged to Pamela Anderson Lee (Lily James), whose star ascends as husband Tommy Lee’s (Sebastian Stan) wanes post-sex tape. “This all plays out in their house,” says Tobman, who was tasked with building their world and their home.That home, a sprawling mansion, serves as a character within itself. “There’s not a strong sense of feminine identity and family” inside it, Tobman says of the house — and the duo’s relationship — when audiences are introduced to them.
But when she moves in, there’s a shift that represents where these two stars are in their careers. Tobman paid attention to the femininity taking over, starting with Pam’s clothes, as she slowly pushes Tommy out. The masculinity of the rockstar is slowly being erased as the couple make room for the nursery.
“He’s feeling invisible, and you see it happening in his career, where he’s feeling emasculated,” says Tobman.Director Craig Gillespie did not want to create caricatures of the two icons. Furthermore, as with Gillespie’s other projects including “I, Tonya,” the story and design idea was not about being 100% authentic to the facts. Tobman did not build a replica of the former couple’s real-life home at the time.“We’re saying this is an exploration of a time in our culture that’s really interesting,” he says, noting that the key was to make it
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Sebastian Stan Refused to Ask Marvel Costar Chris Evans to Voice His Penis in ‘Pam & Tommy’
Too big of an ask. The most-talked-about scene in Pam & Tommy includes a discussion between Sebastian Stan as Tommy Lee and his talking penis, voiced by Jason Mantzoukas — but Chris Evans was briefly considered for the gig.
Tommy Lee Quits Motley Crüe Tour Mid-Concert After Breaking FOUR RIBS!
It’s looking like Tommy Lee will be benched from tour in the wake of his recent injury.
‘Grace And Frankie’ Production Designer Devorah Herbert On Netflix Comedy’s Final Season, Big Builds & Saying Goodbye – Crew Call Podcast
“It was a wild ride,” exclaims 2x Primetime Emmy nominated Grace and Frankie production designer Devorah Herbert about the final season of the Netflix/Skydance Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin series.
Lily James didn't wear Pamela Anderson's stacked heels in Pam & Tommy due to her height
Gallery: Nicola Coughlan Is Our Diamond of the Season for Tiffany & Co. Anniversary (PopSugar)"The only thing I tweaked a bit was not putting Lily in the big stacked heels, because Lily is so tall (5ft 7).
How Sebastian Stan Traded Marvel Mania for a Hard-Rock Life in ‘Pam & Tommy’
This story about Sebastian Stan first appeared in The Limited Series/Movies issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.Even in the carefully tended superhero universe where Sebastian Stan resided for quite some time as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier in various Marvel Cinematic Universe projects, the actor still got to play a distinctly dark duality. It’s a characteristic that has marked many of Stan’s best-known roles, such as figure-skating schemer Jeff Gillooly in “I, Tonya” and his recent turn as a human butcher in the thriller “Fresh”.
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Sebastian Stan Transformed Himself Like Never Before For ‘Pam & Tommy’ [Interview]
Sebastian Stan will tell you that in order to play the Winter Soldier he spent years trying to put on “weight” to match the physique of Chris Hemsworth‘s of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He’ll also tell you, in his own opinion, he never truly pulled it off.
ITV Acquires ‘Tiny World’ & ‘Hostile Planet’ Producer Plimsoll Productions For $126M
The UK’s ITV has agreed to acquire a majority interest of 79.5% in Hostile Planet and Tiny World producer Plimsoll Productions for approximately £103.5 million ($126 million), giving the company an enterprise value of £131 million ($159.7M). The stake is being acquired from private equity group LDC.
Sophia Bush Marries Grant Hughes in Oklahoma!
Sophia Bush is married!
‘Minx’ Production Designer Jefferson Sage On Learning “Old Techniques” To Bring Back A Lost Art In Publishing
As the production designer of Minx, Jefferson Sage was able to pull from his own past to create an old-school magazine. The process of publishing has changed a lot since the ’70s, but Sage knew he could find the research materials in his own archives.
Seth Rogen Debuts Bleached Blonde Hair at 'Pam & Tommy' FYC Event with Sebastian Stan
Seth Rogen is showing off his new look!
Jennifer Aniston and Sebastian Stan Bond Over ‘Friends,’ TikTok Hurting Acting and That ‘Pam & Tommy’ Penis
Of course Jennifer Aniston and Sebastian Stan are bound to talk about the 1990s. Stan is receiving Emmy buzz for donning tattoos and losing weight to play Tommy Lee, the Mötley Crüe drummer, in Hulu’s limited series “Pam & Tommy” — which is set in the decade that made Aniston a star on “Friends.” Actually, as Aniston thinks about it, she could see Stan chilling on the famous coffeehouse couch on her former sitcom. But they don’t agree about one thing: Is he a Joey or a Chandler?The time travel then moves to the early days of COVID, to discuss Aniston’s transformative turn as anchor Alex Levy on Season 2 of “The Morning Show.” In the latest arc on the Apple TV+ drama, her character jets to Italy to confront her disgraced colleague and best friend Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell) — but that wasn’t always the show’s plan. By the time they finish exchanging stories on Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” presented by Apple TV+, Aniston and Stan are so comfortable, they’ve cast themselves in a dream project together. SEBASTIAN STAN: I’m such a huge fan of yours.
ITV Studios Buying ‘Hostile Planet’ Producer Plimsoll Productions, Deal Closing This Week (EXCLUSIVE)
Manori Ravindran International EditorITV Studios is buying British natural history producer Plimsoll Productions, Variety can reveal.While the acquisition isn’t a done deal just yet, sources indicate that it’s expected to close in the next two days. The deal, which sees ITV Studios take a majority stake in Grant Mansfield’s company, is a major coup for the “Love Island” super-indie, which has long been missing a strong natural history player in its entertainment and drama-skewing portfolio. Founded by RDF Media and Zodiak USA veteran Mansfield, Plimsoll was founded in 2013 and specializes in wildlife and natural history programming across its outposts in Bristol, Cardiff and Los Angeles.
Keanu Reeves and girlfriend Alexandra Grant make rare red carpet appearance together holding hands
Keanu Reeves and Alexandra Grant turned a red carpet appearance into a special date night. On Saturday, the actor and his artist girlfriend attended the 2022 MOCA Gala held at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The "Matrix Resurrection" star, 57, and the 49-year-old held hands and smiled into each other’s eyes as they walked the red carpet for the outing.
‘The Batman’ Production Designer Breaks Down His Take on Gotham, the Batcave and the Batmobile
“The Batman” is one of the most gorgeous movies of the year, full of richly imagined environments and beautiful sets, which makes the home video release of the movie (it’s now on digital HD, Blu-ray, and, crucially 4K HD Blu-ray) even more essential. Now you can properly luxuriate in filmmaker Matt Reeves’ unique, perpetually rain-soaked vision of Gotham City and search for all the hidden clues and details.If for some reason you haven’t seen “The Batman,” it follows a new Dark Knight in his second year of operation (played, with brooding intensity, by Robert Pattinson) as he goes up against the Riddler (Paul Dano), as he cuts a bloody swath through Gotham City’s underworld, targeting politicians and criminals alike (although the line is a bit blurry, especially in Gotham).
‘Julia’ Production Designer Patrizia von Brandenstein On Honoring Julia Child’s “Honest Approach To Life”
For Julia production designer Patrizia von Brandenstein, the most important aspect of her job was to recreate Julia Child’s home kitchen. While Julia, played by Sarah Lancashire, travels the world in the series, she always returns to her kitchen to work on new ideas.
How ‘Pam & Tommy’ Maintained the Spirit of Pamcore, the Hair-Metal Craze and a Drawer Full of G-strings
re-creation, especially for Anderson, as the miniseries follows her many acting projects through the 1990s, including her failed movie opus “Barb Wire” and her hit show “Baywatch”, in which the actress was always trying, often in vain, to rise above the eye-candy status the show positioned her in.Says Lennox of the former: “The funny thing about the ‘Barb Wire’ costume is I contacted somebody that worked on it, Salvador Pérez Jr., and he was the assistant costume designer [for the film] and now he’s the president of my union! So, I said, ‘Hey, I’m going to be recreating your work.’ And he was like,’ Go for it.’ He was very grateful for the call, but also very much ‘Do what you need to do’”.But the “Baywatch” costume needed a few modifications since costume designers are often not allowed to do exact replicas of existing pieces that include certain factors. “Clothing really isn’t copyrighted, but the graphics are.