Published 17:22 IST, September 21st 2020
'Ratched' filming locations: Here is where the Sarah Paulson starrer show was shot
Ratched filming locations boast of the spacious King Gillette Ranch located in Calabasas. The show has also been shot in Monterey and Santa Monica. Read On.
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psychological drama, Ratched has been recently released on OTT streaming platform Netflix. show has been created by Evan Romansky and has been developed by Ryan Murphy, touted to be a prequel to , 'One Flew Over Cuckoo's Nest.'
Starring Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, and Sharon Stone in pivotal roles, it revolves around dangerous nurse, Mildred Ratched terrorizing patients in Lucia State Hospital. show is set in year 1947 in Monterey and boasts of some interesting locales as its filming locations.
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'Ratched' Filming Locations
show has been shot in both Sourn and rrn California. fictional Lucia State Hospital has actually been recreated and shot in three different locations in Los Angeles. exterior shots used for hospital were filmed at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas.
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Talking about Ranch wherein majority of movie has been shot, it is located 588 acres away from Santa Monica Mountains and was built as a home for King Camp Gillette. He along with his wife, Atlanta Elaina Gines h appointed architect Wallace Neff to built m this ranch. Currently, property is a designated part of Conservation Authority and Mountains Recreation.
spot has also been used as a filming location for Biggest Loser. Some of or parts of show were shot in places like Monterey and Santa Monica. Even though Lucia is a real place located near Santa Barbara and San Francisco, re is asylum located in area as shown in movie. makers have tried to recreate 1940s era with us of some strong colours when it comes to locations or costumes.
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Judy Becker on 'Ratched' sets
ranch where Ratched was shot has also been used as a public park after it was bought by groups such as California State Parks, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Conservation Authority, National Parks Service and Mountains Recreation in year 2005.
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production designer of Ratched, Judy Becker revealed to Architectural Digest that creator of show, Ryan wanted location to look like a fancy hotel which has been turned into an asylum but still retains a lot of glamour. Lastly, she also ded that set has been constructed in such a way, that it would make one want to live re.
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17:22 IST, September 21st 2020