"An affectionate look back on the crazed & cluttered living room set of Anne and Mary’s living room from #ofmd s2.
The characters in the show are loosely based on real life characters Mary Read and Anne Bonny, who in real life were close friends and kindred spirits who met aboard Captain Rackham’s ship. They both spent much of their youth dressed as boys and had abandoned societal expectations to become pirates. Some historians believe they were lovers.
In our story Anne (Minnie Driver) has set up shop as an antique dealer and after an unexpected reunion between Mary (Rachael House) & Blackbeard (aka Taika), we find these three & Stede (Rhys Darby) all thrown together into the living room behind the antique shop where a bit of sensual stabbing goes down and the boys are invited to stay for uncooked rabbits liver dinner.
The set was a large room in a historic house so our location was incredibly sensitive with the restrictions of not being able to screw or stick anything down. We built the set with layers & depth, cable ties & scaff tube and smoke & mirrors. The set needed to convey the psychological madness of the relationship between Anne & Mary which we did through a lens of 18th C hoarders and by engaging an uncomfortable colour palette of salmon and chartreuse green. Also using double layers of poofy silk drapes created by @stitchninja & team. Once the crew arrived you can imagine the cluster with techs having to carefully navigate their gear in a sensitive historic home amongst psycho collections of hired antiques & furniture. Much fun was had by all!! 2nd to last pic shows the location before we started our dress. Super fun set on a super great show. More lady pirates please!! 🙏🏽🏴☠️🖤"
Source: Megan Vertelle's Instagram
