#definitely a closed set for jacob and sam haha

[pynkhues]

Closed set during the sex scenes? That makes so much sense now because till you said that i have been wondering how they could do these scenes in front of everyone and their mom's

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Yeah, they're pretty standard these days. The idea is that it's only absolutely essential people who are there. My sister is a costume standby so one of her jobs is tucking and taping the actors to give them what little modesty she can (and robing them up between takes), so she's pretty familiar with closed sets. There can be variations of who's there outside of the director, camera operator and boom operator, like I wouldn't be surprised with the American system if, say, Rolin was there too, and for that first sex scene in 1.01, they might've had the stunt coordinator there too for the levitating scene, but I'd be surprised if there were many more people than that, especially after Jacob said that on the podcast.

[pynkhues]

I always love hearing Rolin talk about the actors on his show because he clearly loves all of them so much--and it makes sense, there's no weak link on the show, they're all incredible. I feel like Jacob and Sam have maybe even exceeded his expectations, from the way he talks. I mean, even with casting and everything, you can't be sure that people will turn in lead performances that rise so brilliantly to the demands of unbelievably challenging roles like Louis and Lestat, AND you definitely can't know for sure that your two main actors will have such epic, universally agreed-upon electric chemistry

Me too, anon. This sounds like a bit of a tangent, but I've actually thought a bit recently about the interview he gave a while ago where he was asked if he loved the series / if the series meant as much to him as it did to others, and he said something to the effect that it's getting there for him. Like, to me it just seems like he's growing into his love for the story, and not to be parasocial, haha, but that does seem to be partially about the creative team he's working with to bring it to life across the board, from the actors to the directors to the set designers and costume team. He talks so much about how so many people who are a part of the show grew up with these books, and I feel like that love and care has to be infectious on set already, but then to have Jacob and Sam's skill as actors both apart and together bringing these characters to life must be close to magic.