{"id":67843,"date":"2023-09-23T02:47:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T02:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=67843"},"modified":"2023-09-23T02:47:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T02:47:15","slug":"secrets-from-the-set-the-woman-in-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/lifestyle\/secrets-from-the-set-the-woman-in-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets from the set: The Woman in the Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Secrets from the set: The Woman in the Wall<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The real-life Magdalene Laundries housed Ireland&#8217;s &#8216;fallen&#8217; women until 1996<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: <span>Everything you need to know about BBC One&#8217;s new gothic thriller<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With its haunted house, scary nuns and sleepwalking scenes, you could easily mistake this BBC mystery drama for a horror film.<\/p>\n<p>But the six-parter is inspired by the real-life Magdalene Laundries, Catholic institutions where Ireland\u2019s \u2018fallen\u2019 women \u2013 including abuse victims and teenage mums \u2013 were housed and forced to work from the 18th century until as late as 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Set in 2015, the story follows traumatised Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson) as she desperately searches for her child, who was taken away from her while she was a resident at one of these homes.<\/p>\n<p>To prepare to play Lorna, Ruth visited Tuam in Galway, where the remains of hundreds of children and babies were discovered in the grounds of a former Mother and Baby Home in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>A consultant was on hand to ensure the portrayal of life in the Laundries, which we see through flashbacks, was accurate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/16\/75602099-12534979-image-a-1_1695138495510.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lorna, played by Ruth Wilson, in The Woman in the Wall&#8217;s striking opening sequence\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every department, from design to costume and hair and make-up, researched what life was like in a Laundry in the mid-80s.<\/p>\n<p>The drama is set in the fictional town of Kilkinure, so viewers don\u2019t make direct links to any real people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The team filmed the series in Portaferry, a quaint coastal town in Northern Ireland chosen for its colourful buildings, which provide a contrast to the show\u2019s dark subject matter, although the crew had to endure the unpredictable Northern Irish weather while filming.<\/p>\n<p>The series was shot in winter, which adds to the atmosphere but gave the crew a headache when filming outdoors as the wind was so loud it drowned out the actors\u2019 dialogue, meaning the sound had to be fixed later.\u00a0And in some scenes you\u2019ll notice that the actors\u2019 hair is inexplicably windswept!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the show\u2019s opening sequence, where Lorna is lying in a country lane surrounded by cows, Ruth had to brave the cold in just a nightgown, while the crew kept warm in goose-down jackets.<\/p>\n<p>Lorna\u2019s house is the series\u2019 key location. The exterior shots were filmed at a real property in Portaferry, while the interiors were built in an old mill in the Northern Irish countryside. The team even created replicas of the hedge and road outside the house.<\/p>\n<p>The set was decorated to reflect Lorna\u2019s troubled mind. She\u2019s inherited the house from her parents and we see in flashbacks that the decor, including the outdated wallpaper and a painting of Christ, is identical.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The past hasn\u2019t been dealt with,\u2019 says Ruth. \u2018It\u2019s still there facing her every day.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s adaptable set also allowed the crew to use the titular \u2018wall\u2019, in which Lorna hides a corpse, to great effect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/20\/12\/75602101-12534979-When_it_came_to_showing_life_in_the_Laundries_which_are_presente-a-9_1695210704319.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>When it came to showing life in the Laundries, which are presented in flashbacks, a consultant was on set to ensure the portrayal was accurate<\/p>\n<p>The actors could climb into the wall and some scenes were even filmed from inside it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You can get lost in the architecture of the house, it\u2019s almost its own organism,\u2019 says executive producer Simon Maxwell.<\/p>\n<p>Ruth really did put the body inside the wall, and later break it down with an axe, though she obviously had only a few attempts to nail this scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You want to get it right the first or second time,\u2019 says Simon. \u2018Ruth smashed it!\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Woman In The Wall, Sunday, 9pm, BBC1. 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