5/7/2023 0 Comments Tadam home![]() ![]() ![]() While real houses are often used on movie sets, Paré says he took this approach because so many of the film’s scenes were set at night, and it would be easier on the actors and crew if they were able to shoot the night scenes during the day. That’s right, if you’re among the many people dreaming about moving into the Reeds’ home (or one just like it), you’re in for a wake-up call. “For the living room, we went to Pottery Barn, and we got some amazing secondhand furniture that we found to compose the actual dressing of the house.” This collection of different pieces came together to make the covetable house look like a home, which was key since the house actually wasn’t a house at all - it was a set constructed on a Vancouver soundstage in just two months. Like for, we had his reading corner, and we shopped a lot on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace,” Paré shares. “We threw in lots of real and human elements. ![]() That lived-in quality was important to Paré and his team, and it’s why they chose not to fill the home with only highly curated pieces. “The idea was to make it look like the mom wasn’t quite on top of keeping the house together because of her busy life and because she’s been a single mom for a year or two.” “We added real-life touches, like the laundry hamper, kids’ toys, school work and grocery bags,” Paré explains. There’s also a layer of melancholy that’s settled over everything that isn’t part of the aesthetic but explains a lot about the family who lives there. The open-concept, mid-century modern house features lots of wood grain and an architectural style that Paré describes as inherently “manly.” However, it’s complemented by the softer, yet still period-appropriate decor that the production designer imagines Louis’ wife, Ellie (Garner), picked out, like the George Nelson saucer bubble lamp hanging over the Saarinen Tulip table. The Reed family’s garage, which Paré says he and his team filled with stuff that the physicist would’ve used to make his “lair,” is just one part of the charming home. It also illustrates the vital role Paré’s designs play in The Adam Project. This exchange isn’t just another example of Ruffalo’s enduring appeal. The film’s production designer, Claude Paré, tells Tudum that the first time he and Ruffalo met, “Mark came to me, and he spoke to me in French, and he told me, ‘Claude, I thank you so much, because when I walked in my garage, I knew immediately who the character was.’” Ruffalo even got down on his knees in gratitude, thanking Paré for the set design. Ruffalo, who plays physicist Louis Reed, father of the titular Adam, sure thinks so. There are a lot of big stars in the new sci-fi film The Adam Project, but one of the biggest might just be the mid-century modern house at the center of the story. ![]()
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