‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’: How Cambodia’s Angkor Wat Temple Influenced Key Set Design

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SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched the ninth episode of “The Man Who Fell to Earth” on Showtime. When production designer James Merifield first signed on to Showtime’s “The Man Who F…

When production designer James Merifield first signed on to Showtime’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” he thought he might be traveling to Cambodia or some exotic jungle to build a key set on location. But then the pandemic happened, and he ended up building the key set for the season finale in the U.K., at Black Park in Slough.

Episode 9 sees Falls and Faraday get kidnapped and taken to a cave where Pressman Thorn is waiting for them. When they walk in, they find monks sitting and meditating as a man in a suit walks toward them. It is Thomas Newton, formerly known as Pressman Thorn. Inspired by the twisting trees surrounding Angkor Wat, he emulated the design with copious amounts of palm trees, vines and alien leaves. “We built Cambodia at Black Park,” Merifield says.James Merifield/ShowtimeThe tree roots were made from pipe lagging, the material used to insulate pipes during cold months. Says Merifield, “We coated the trees with plaster to make them look real — it gave them that textured finish.

 

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