Mark Scruton was tasked with building not just a spooky boarding school for Tim Burton’s Netflix series — he also created a New England town and theme park in Romania.
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That is where things got complicated, as their plan to shoot the Netflix series in Toronto fell apart and the exterior Scruton had imagined was scrapped. “[Toronto] just didn’t fit, basically. We had to find somewhere else that could offer us more space,” he says. Enter Romania, which became the home to the eerie Nevermore Academy, cheesy theme park Pilgrim World and quintessential American small town Jericho, to name a few of Scruton’s creations.
The castle used as Nevermore was chosen for its Gothic Revival quality. “It had that Addams Family vibe to it,” says Scruton. “Tim’s not a big fan of color. I know, who would’ve thought? But this castle had a good gray stone and a heavy feel to it. It was perfect for us.” While the turret and front facade exist in real life and were dressed for the show, the rest of the exterior is CGI magic. The dorm room was then redesigned to fit.
Knowing he is as strong as the team he assembles, Scruton praises the Romanian crew who brought their A-game. “[We] really found people who wanted to show what Romania could do and make it work,” he says. “People that had left the industry came back to work on this show. The sculptors and plasterers, they had been part of the film industry and left because there wasn’t enough film industry to support that many. We weren’t rich on time in the end, and we couldn’t have done it without them.
This story first appeared in a December stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
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