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Seth Rogen began to realize the massive cultural impact of his Apple TV series “The Studio” when he began to see memes of the Kool-Aid man every time a big IP movie was announced, as the jolly mascot was parodied on his show. “A studio head today told me that as someone was pitching him the Labubu movie, he’s like, ‘All I pictured was being made fun by you,'” he revealed.
Rogen was speaking following a screening of “The Studio” Season 1 finale at a special event held in partnership with Variety at the Wallis Annenberg Center of the Performing Arts Friday night. It was mere days after the Emmy-winning show repeated it’s comedy series win at the Critics’ Choice Awards, and just two days before it claimed a similar victory at the Golden Globes. An entire episode of “The Studio” was actually set at the Golden Globes, so Rogen admitted the three nominations were “surreal” considering they were recognized “for mocking the Golden Globes.”
Rogen was joined by co-creator, co-director and writer Evan Goldberg and cast members Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders for the wide-ranging conversation that had the packed house laughing and cheering throughout.
Prior to the finale screening was a reception and a screening of Episode 9, in which the gang from Continental Studios head to Las Vegas for CinemaCon. And chaos ensues the night before as Rogen’s fictional Hollywood exec Matt Remick throws a studio party. That episode was followed by a conversation with several below-the-line artisans from the series.
Taking the city’s motto “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” was something costume designer Kameron Lennox didn’t take lightly, especially when it came to Kathryn Hahn’s Maya Mason. “She’s already outrageous in how she dresses. What would she do?” Lennox found a perfect camo outfit for her to add to the “military vibe” of the character. “I happened to stumble across this retro two-piece camo with mirrors all over it, and I was like, ‘That is Vegas in a nutshell.’”
Hair designer Vanessa Price was inspired by “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne, who “popped into my head,” she revealed, adding she had custom barrettes made for Maya’s hair that said “Kool-Aid” to tie in with the film they were trying to sell to audiences.
With Price and Lennox going all-out, make up designer Jorjee Douglass kept things simple: “We kept her clean.”
Casting director Melissa Kostenbauder touched on the process of finding all the real-life cameos from Dave Franco to Martin Scorsese and Zoe Kravitz all making appearances throughout. “That’s a real testament to Seth, Evan, James Weaver and the people at Point Grey for establishing that reputation and that trust with the entertainment industry so that people were down to come play.”
Editor Eric Kissack touched on live editing and described his job as having to “watch the scenes as they were shooting them and just start compressing them.”
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