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Before production designer Jon Gary Steele bids farewell to the Starz drama (tear!
), we asked him to list his favorite sets over the past five seasons.
“People love the detail.
Mark Mainz/Starz
Why not make it as amazing as you could?”
I think that we did that.
It’s been an amazing experience."
Everett Collection
So there was fire everywhere.
That was really fun, to see it all lit up."
Claire’s Apothecary (season 1)
“It was filled with arches.
Starz
Everywhere you look, we were shooting through arches.
It was all stone.
We tried not to make itjusta little room with nothing going on.
Ed Miller / Starz
Paris Apartment (season 2)
“I raised it off the ground.
There was a lot of detail on that set, probably more moldings than ever before.
We printed tapestries on the walls.
Ed Miller/Starz
Star Chamber (season 2)
“My favorite set of the whole show!
Boston Apartment (season 3)
“Another humongous set.
That was fun, to do a whole different look for a different period.
Aimee Spinks/Starz
To research what color scheme to go with, we went online to find car sample colors.
The research department found samples on Etsy and eBay and had them shipped in.
That’s how we started for the colors of the interior for the Boston apartment.”
Aimee Spinks/Starz
Indian Village (season 4)
“We did tons and tons of research.
Ron and [executive producer] Matt Roberts both wanted it to be completely historically correct.
We tried to makeeverything,I mean down to every prop, to make it as period-correct as possible.
Aimee Spinks/Starz
The plaster department cast different trees to [create] skins.
River Run Plantation
“It was a huge set, which was fun.
We did a lot of research from Southern plantations to take a stab at make it historically accurate.”
Aimee Spinks/Starz
Claire’s Surgery (season 5)
“We wanted to separate it from the main house.
The real exterior was out on this farmland.”
Jason Bell/Starz
Jason Bell/Starz
