Open Post: What's happening in your world?

By GRACE JENNINGS-EDQUIST

Friends! Welcome to another week of Mamamia’s Open Post.

If you’re new here, Open Post is a weekly Mamamia tradition where we share what’s been happening in our lives.

You can moan about what’s been bad, gloat about what’s been great —  and tell us (and your fellow Mamamia readers) what you need advice on right this very minute.

I’ll start.

Wonderland: it was, well, wonderful.

This week was a little bit exciting for Mamamia-ers Sarah, Dimity and me.

You see, the good people at Ten invited us to have drinks on the Wonderland set on Monday night.

That meant we got to talk acting methods with Glenn McMillan (aka the sensual Carlos), swap set secrets with Jessica Tovey (or as you may know her, Dani), and pick at Miss Chu canapes with Brooke Satchwell — who, by the way, looks just as flawless in real life.

Despite having a glass of French champagne in hand at all times during the evening, we actually learned a lot on our big night out at the Channel Ten studios.

So without further ado, here are a few on-set secrets we can share:

1. Set designers are BRILLIANT.

A quick tour made clear that whoever designed the Wonderland set is a genius. From scripts hidden in random drawers, to furniture with secret wheels and walls that pop out to make room for cameras — nothing is what it seems.

There are also just two bathrooms, which are constantly “re-dressed” to transform from one character’s bathroom to another. Who would’ve thought?

We were also impressed with the attention to detail on the sets. There’s mail scattered on tables carrying characters’ names and addresses, and Photoshopped photos gracing their fridges and apartments.

Oh, but there’s no glass in the kitchen cabinets. Because of reflections.

2. There’s a “modesty box” for nude scenes.

Nudie scenes aren’t really nudie, which means there’s a need for flesh-coloured underwear. A whole lot of flesh-coloured underwear, as it turns out.

The cast explained that all these undergarments — including some strange little drawstring bags that we’re told are for the blokes’ nude scenes — is housed in a “modesty box”.

And if bottoms need to be shown on screen? All that’s needed is a whole lot of double-sided tape and the front of a g-string, which is unceremoniously taped to the lady-actors’ bits.

We also learned a showbiz trick to reduce underarm sweat circles: apparently, two sanitary pads can be stuck to the inside of shirts to pick up perspiration.

Hmmm. Clever, yes, but we’d probably rather pay for dry-cleaning than DIY that particular trick at home.

3. The cast is tight.

Mamamia staffers know what it’s like to work in a close-knit environment, and we learned that’s something the Wonderland actors share, too.

All the actors we spoke to were lovely, laid-back and easy to have a laugh with. All were clearly happy to be there, and took their roles seriously.

And all were passionate about their jobs and the show — which made US passionate about it, too.

(Can you tell?)

What’s happening in your world?

 

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