‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3 Now Filming: See Stars Behind the Scenes (PHOTOS)
The Gilded Age Season 3 is officially in production — and celebrating its Emmy nominations!
The cast and crew returned to the set in early July, and by the looks of the cast’s social media posts from set, everyone’s thrilled to be back. The excitement only grew when the series received six Emmy nominations on July 17, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nominations for Carrie Coon and Christine Baranski. The production celebrated with a lunch party on set during Season 3 filming.
HBO revealed the Season 3 logline when announcing four new cast members — Phylicia Rashad, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Victoria Clark, and Jordan Donica — on June 17. The logline teases that the great houses of New York City must get their homes “in order” as everyone’s lives are turned “upside down” by the new-money takeover of the social elite.
“The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic and social change, when huge fortunes were made and lost overnight,” it says. “With the old guard officially deposed, New York society finds itself turned upside down, and all must get their house in order. But even those at the helm of this new era may find that change comes at a cost.”
Leading the new guard is Mrs. Bertha Russell (Coon), who won the Season 2 opera war against Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy) when upstaging the Academy of Music’s opening night at the new Metropolitan Opera. Coon and Murphy will be back for more in Season 3, as will Morgan Spector (George Russell), Louisa Jacobson (Marian), Denée Benton (Peggy), Harry Richardson (Larry), Taissa Farmiga (Gladys), and more. One of the biggest points of intrigue of Season 3 will be how the Van Rhijn household shifts now that Ada (Cynthia Nixon) is the woman in charge. Agnes (Baranski) won’t love this loss of control!
See the stars of The Gilded Age Season 3 behind the scenes of the new episodes, as well as their on-set Emmy celebrations, and stay tuned to TV Insider as we continue to report on the Julian Fellowes period drama’s updates.
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The cast celebrates their six Emmy nominations with a party during lunch on set on July 17.
That’s 16-time Emmy nominee Christine Baranski with a massive cake knife.
Kelli O’Hara (Aurora Fane) posts a selfie from the cast party, featuring Baranski, Nixon, Simon Jones (Bannister), Ben Ahlers (Jack, the clock engineer), and Debra Monk (Armstrong).
The series treated the cast to cake and a show from a live string quartet to commemorate the nominations.
Jacobson gets her Marian wig in a reel posted on July 8. According to Jacobson, this was the first day back on set.
Jacobson and her “auntie” Baranski getting some skincare in the makeup trailer.
Nixon in her Ada wig, part of a reel that showed her as herself, as Ada, and as Miranda from And Just Like That Season 3, which is also currently in production in New York. Nixon also celebrated the Emmy noms by sharing BTS photos from Season 2 (see here), featuring her co-stars like Robert Sean Leonard.
The final product of Benton’s time in the makeup chair in the previous reel shows one of Peggy’s costumes for Season 3.
Richardson made a major transformation for Season 3! He grew his hair out long and kept his facial hair between seasons. The two Instagram stories above show him before and after getting his Larry look back.
Richardson and Ahlers dance on set in a video shared on costume designer Kasia Walicka-Malmone’s Instagram story. Richardson is brushing his teeth while they both dance in costume.
O’Hara gets her first fitting of the season.
Co-star Murphy also commemorated her Season 3 fitting, but couldn’t post the photos because her costumes are still in progress. She posted a photo from her first fitting for Season 1 on Instagram on July 2.
For the Emmys, Murphy celebrated her co-stars, costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone, and production designer Bob Shaw.
Look, another hat! This shot from O’Hara in the hair and makeup trailer is captioned “looking Fane-tastic.”
Ashlie Atkinson, who plays Mrs. Fish, posted a photo from her fitting in which she was scantily clad! She captioned the photo, “We’re back, babies.” We are so back.
See Atkinson’s Emmy celebration post highlighting the hair and makeup team here.
Nixon posed with a sign of Christopher Walken’s face and the caption “walkens welcome” while dressed as Ada. Her second photo included a shot of her younger self on stage with the actor.
“I think Ada may have met Walken in another life,” she teased in the caption.
Page remarked on 1800s men’s fashion on Instagram in July.
“Resting between takes on ‘The Gilded Age’ set yesterday. How did those 19th century guys do it? The wool pants, the high starched collars! Yesterday wasn’t even that hot, but it felt suffocating outside. Not complaining!” he wrote. “I’m so grateful to be able to play in this arena! Just noting that values have changed—and making a good appearance used to be much higher on the list. Can’t wait to share season three with you!”
Costume designer Walicka Maimone posted a photo of a seemingly unannounced new cast member on Instagram to show off one of the gorgeous new dresses to come in Season 3. The tagged actor is Carolyn Holding.
Walicka Maimone also shared a photo of the room where it happens, The Gilded Age‘s design studio, on her Instagram story.
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