Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“A Very British Scandal” production designer Christina Moore spent time driving around the Scottish Highlands as she sought locations for the Amazon Prime limited series.
Set in 1963, the historical drama charts the tumultuous marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, played by Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.The Duke, who had inherited Scotland’s crumbling Inveraray Castle, married a series of women hoping to use their money to maintain the castle.
His third marriage was to society figure and serial adulteress Margaret Whigham. As rumors of adultery, violence and alcoholism come into play, their divorce becomes a subject of hot gossip.Moore found numerous locations around Scotland and London to help steep audiences in the history of the story.
As Moore traveled around Scotland, she thought it was unlikely that the filming crew would have access to the actual Duke’s Inveraray Castle, on the Western coast.
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