Production stills of the lower floor tour bus set from Production Designer Andres Cubillan Soto on Instagram.
"I wish you all could have seen/ smelled this phenomenally disgusting set…
The thought behind this bus was that Lestat had bought it off of a hard partying band (think Motley Crew), basically "hosed down" the lower floor, and then fully remodeled and decked out his space upstairs. Because… its Lestat! This was one of those sets that just kept evolving and evolving, not just through out the season, but even before the cameras rolled. What I had envisioned was then taken a 1000% further by our fantastic scenic department (lead by Chiko Quan) and set decoration team (led by Summer Gaal and Ken Robinson). The level of disgusting detail was incredible. Every nook and cranny was filled. Every surface was sticky and dirty and covered in "mysterious" stains.
But to see the actors then react to the space and then embody the debaucherous playground we presented, is what every production designer dreams of.
From Salamanders collection of chewed gum on the walls and ceilings, to the blow-up doll in the pantry, to the toy soldiers in the cocain bowl, to the condom on the wall marking "the tour's first groupie" (é))… it was a magical bus (as the amazing @yesamaka put it)."
