And it wasn’t cheap.
He wanted to build it more like a plantation of the period, an early colonial plantation."
And it had this perfect little peninsula.

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We built the facade on it.
And what it allowed us to do is build a road, and a front entrance.
Then we blued it out.

Aimee Spinks/Starz
You put the blue screen around the facade.
Then you could visual effects in the rest of the house."
Southern hospitality
A view from the front path.

Aimee Spinks/Starz
“The wings and the second story are all visual effects.”
“Then Gary built the interior.
It was a working interior with, I think, six rooms.

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It worked out great.”

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Ruven Afanador for EW