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‘Conclave’ Couldn’t Film at the Sistine Chapel, So the Production Team Built a Replica in 10 Weeks
How "Conclave's" production design team recreated the Sistine Chapel in 10 weeks.
It’s no secret that the Vatican prohibits filming inside the Sistine Chapel, and the headquarters of the Catholic Church was not going to make exceptions for Edward Berger ‘s “Conclave.” It was up to production designer Suzie Davies to take on the mammoth task and get creative in recreating one of the world’s most visited tourist attractions, Michelangelo’s piece de resistance. “Those rooms on their own would have been very dull and airless in the wrong direction, had Stéphane not lit them so beautifully, and Lisy dressed those characters in those wonderful costumes.”
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