Though most of the focus for today’s DC FanDome: Explore The Multiverse event was on big TV show panels featuring casts, the real gems were the behind the scenes panels featuring crew (nothing against actors, I love you, actors). That includes a 15-minute dive into last year’s Arrow-verse crossover, “Crisis on Infinite Earths,” moderated by EP and writer Marc Guggenheim focusing on the folks behind the scenes who make the superhero action happen.
On the panel were: Lynda Lee Chapple, Property Master, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; Maya Mani, Costume Designer, Arrow and Batwoman; Philip Chipera, 1st Assistant Director, The Flash; and Armen Kevorkian, Sr. Visual Effects Supervisor for Batwoman, The Flash and Supergirl.
Over the course of the short, chipper chat, the crew discussed the challenges of putting together the massive, five episode long crossover (it stretched over episodes of Batwoman, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), the surprising inspiration behind some of the designs, and how the heck you get dozens of superheroes in the same place, at the same time.
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The Schedule Sometimes Dictates The Script
According to Chipera, first the big action scenes and group scenes (a scene in The Flash had 23 cast members, for example) go on a board, and then they “fill in the holes.” After that, they figure out what’s actually possible in terms of the schedule, and that will impact the script and what characters are available. “Obviously you have the overall script, the overall story, and there’s a few things you don’t want to change,” Chipera added to Guggenheim.
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There Were Nine Versions Of The Arrow Suit On Set
Part of the challenge of the props is that they need to travel from show to show, as well as the actors/characters, noted Chapple. Meaning they need multiple versions of major props so that stunt doubles and actors have whatever they need available on the different sets.
Chapple called the Weather Witch’s staff that shows up for an action sequence in the final episode of “Crisis” as something they needed to make multiple, rubber versions of. And Brandon Routh’s Atom suit was also an issue, because there are multiple versions depending on whether it’s being used for effects, stunts, or “just” costuming. Later, Mani added that there were nine Arrow suits at various times, on various sets! That’s eight more than there are Stephen Amells!
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The Monitor's Costume Was Modeled Around Ron Perlman
“It was a bit of a tricky one, but casting is always important,” Mani said of the Monitor costume LaMonica Garrett wore first in “Elseworlds,” then “Crisis.” In fact, after assuming that they wouldn’t be casting someone short to play the imposing alien being, they modeled the Monitor costume on star Brandon Routh to do the initial fitting. But the actual first inspiration for the Monitor costume? Ron Perlman, who Mani drew into her designs before Garrett was cast.
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The Effects Department Works Closely With Costumes
Though it’s always challenging to create digital effects, Kevorkian was thankful that they had extra time to prep the massive towers the Anti-Monitor (also Garrett) uses to try and destroy the multiverse. He also noted that it’s a time consuming process to create digital doubles of the heroes, particularly since they need to coordinate with the costume department, and allow them time to create/tweak the costumes in scenes as they need.
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Crossovers Are Filmed On A Normal Episode Schedule
Guggenheim noted that the crossovers are done on a normal episode schedule, usually in the eighth or ninth episode of a season, “so it’s not like we have the hiatus to work on them… Everyone has to work very quickly, with very little lead time.”
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The Most Complicated Prop? The Shrink Bomb
The shrink bomb that ultimately takes down the Anti-Monitor was the trickiest prop to build in the five episode crossover, according to Chapple. “We wanted to build it in multiple pieces, so that you can imagine it being strewn out on a work table, multiple pieces all over the place, and then Flash comes in and he’s able to assemble it in a second.” They ended up building it so they could do five different stages of building, plus an activation button, plus the ability to glow, plus the size of a softball so the heroes can toss it to each other—and stunt versions of the prop, as well. Basically pretty complicated.
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