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hallways as part of the Vought marketing collection. The "Real Life Adventures of The Seven." At the end of the long hallway was the one of the most unique sets I have had the chance to design. There have been many designs for superhero lairs, but I got to design the first superhero bathroom. The script called for two scenes in two bathrooms, but we were tight on space. I pitched the idea that these were powerful personalities and since there was only one female member of The Seven, she wouldn't give the guys the satisfaction of being shy. A grand unisex bathroom was designed with jutting marble panels with LED accent lights. Set decorator Cheryl Dorsey found amazing pedestal sinks in the shape of a 7 that worked perfectly to set tone. The stalls were designed to mimic the massive door in the boardroom, and the stalls included an amazing "Cape Clip" that would hook onto the cape and automatically pull it up so the person could sit and do their business. Sadly, they never got a chance to get used. Oddly the hero of the show isn't a superhero at all, but a mere mortal named Hughie Campbell. In the comics, he was drawn to look like Simon Pegg, but that was twelve years ago, and Simon was too old to play Hughie, but was perfect casting for Hughie's dad. For the father and son pair, a Brooklyn apartment was designed that juxtaposed against the steel and glass of Vought Tower. It had a vintage 1970s retro feeling, like the family had wanted to upgrade but never gotten around to it. Old turned spindles divided the living room from the dining room and wood tones and faded wallpaper helped set the tableau of the home of an unlikely hero. ADG A B A. SUPERHERO BATHROOM. SET PHOTO. B. SUPERHERO BATHROOM. ILLUSTRATION BY HENRY FONG. C. HUGHIE'S HOUSE. SET PHOTO. D. PRODUCTION STILL OF HUGHIE'S APARTMENT WITH JACK QUAID AS HUGHIE. E. SKETCHUP MODEL OF HUGHIE'S QUEENS APARTMENT BY SYLVAIN BOMBARDIER. F. CONCEPT ART OF VOUGHT TOWER BY HENRY FONG.