What a shame to destroy Godric’s beautiful home with an explosion. Each piece of furniture, each contemporary painting custom made, all the cool accessories selected, were destroyed or ended up in a debris pile.
Q: Do you usually know if a place is to be destroyed when you create the setting?
Rusty: Yes. That is a very important factor in both the building of the set and the decorating even more so. We do a lot of rentals for TV, it helps with the usually tight budgets. You really can’t destroy rentals and it would be near impossible to match the rentals when it is time to destroy the set.
Q: If you know, do you tend to buy cheaper?
Rusty: Of course you would do that… if it was possible. The camera does not see subtle differences between the $$$$$ fabric and the $$ affordable one.
Q: If you’ve had to destroy a long time set have you ever ‘rescued’ something fundamental to the show or sentimental to an actor or crew member?
Rusty: I would hope so and it is possible that it was done in Godric’s. You could either replace the object or make sure that the placement of the object is such that debris could be so heavy it would not be missed.
Q: Has it ever worked the other way around where you decided it was time to redo a set and the writers decided why not blow it up?
Rusty: It has not happened to me, but I know other decorators who have had to redo a main set. It is not just explosions, it is cheaper to just put a line in the script about redecorating.
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What a great interview with so much great insights into the behind the scenes workings of True Blood. Do you also enjoy to read it? Do you feel sad that sometimes sets have to be blown up?
