Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorOscar-winning production designer Dennis Gassner had one suggestion when working with brothers Anthony and Joe Russo on the set of their latest film, “The Gray Man,” out now in theaters: “Let’s do this like a James Bond film and ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ throw it in a blender and we’ll make it work.”The espionage thriller follows Six, aka the Gray Man, a super-secret government assassin played by Ryan Gosling who finds himself on the run from a sadistic mercenary (Chris Evans).
Like the Gray Man, who lives in the shadows, so do Gassner’s set tricks.The global manhunt for Six meant the Russos had planned to shoot “around the world,” but with the pandemic closing borders, that wasn’t possible.
A blend of sets and exterior shoots in locations including Prague, Azerbaijan and France enabled Gassner to piece together his world.
The nightclub scene that opens the film and the CIA office in Berlin were just two of the sets Gassner built on stages. One of his favorites was a flat in the iconic Hundertwasserhaus apartment in Vienna.Shortly after going on the run, Six needs a passport and a code.
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