‘Pam & Tommy’ Production Designer on Building That Grand Mansion
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHulu’s “Pam & Tommy” takes audiences back to sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll in 1990s Los Angeles.
It was a pre-9/11 world, when “the internet hasn’t robbed us of our privacy,” points out production designer Ethan Tobman. “The rest of the world adores us and wants to be us.
This was also a time where being famous meant you were famous, and a billion people watched ‘Baywatch’ every week.”That fame belonged to Pamela Anderson Lee (Lily James), whose star ascends as husband Tommy Lee’s (Sebastian Stan) wanes post-sex tape. “This all plays out in their house,” says Tobman, who was tasked with building their world and their home.That home, a sprawling mansion, serves as a character within itself. “There’s not a strong sense of feminine identity and family” inside it, Tobman says of the house — and the duo’s relationship — when audiences are introduced to them.
But when she moves in, there’s a shift that represents where these two stars are in their careers. Tobman paid attention to the femininity taking over, starting with Pam’s clothes, as she slowly pushes Tommy out.
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