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On the Set of The Mayflower | Saints & Strangers


to create this scenes on the mayflower
interior and exterior we used an
existing ship and we built onto it to
make it feel smaller I knew that we were
going to be shooting on a boat obviously
but I didn’t really think that it was
going to be moving and the first time it
starts to move your whole world gets
rocked and I remember I went back to my
trailer and I looked a little green so
you don’t really have to act when you’re
actually holding onto your stomach
the boat is extraordinary it’s a great
set and it actually gives you masses in
terms of the claustrophobic nature of
that set the beds are lined up like
hospital beds that sort of very thin
curtains between them the twin decks
area which is where the pilgrims spent
their jet most of their journey is very
chaotic it’s one of my favorite sets
it’s very busy and so very short which
really sets a tone for the start of
their adventure all their journey scurvy
misses cover but you’re not alone it is
rampant they come out very ill and sick
and tired and weary and have to face
life on a planet that they don’t know
anything about this voyage took many
more months and it was supposed to take
because they left one time from the
South of England and realized one of
their boats was leaking because it
originally there were two boats so they
had to go back and fix the boat and then
they took up again and I realized
although the boat was leaking again so
they had to go back and then they just
abandon that and they all packed into
one boat which was supposed to just be
for cargo in school and I was with all
we had you know our own image of what
the Mayflower looks like and how it was
this sort of bright sunny
the name Mayflower and how beautiful it
sounds and then you realize that it was
not built for people it was a horrible
place I think by the end it stinks
you know there’s death all around you
people are sick and diseased there’s
nowhere to use the toilet I would not
have fared well on the Mayflower
my god I don’t fare well on like a
five-hour flight you know like if the
flights delayed 20 minutes I’m like oh
gosh how dare they and I’m a very soft
version of a human being and I think
people back then we’re so much stronger
and so much more adaptable
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