#Tony Wohlgemuth

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"anyway here’s mine :)"

What is your favourite Easter egg from the comic Dead Boy Detectives? What would you most like to see adapted from the DBD comics?

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"The world needs more Edwin and Charles."

Can you share the headcannon that you and Jayden came up for the Infamous Puppy Debacle of '94?

You've previously said that the mirror scene with Despair was a particularly neat experience. What particularly made that scene and working with Donna [Preston] meaningful to you?

What a kind and thoughtful response from George. I love his aside about getting to express how much Kirby’s version of Death from The Sandman meant to him (If you haven’t seen that episode of The Sandman, you may want to consider watching it. I believe it was episode 6. Her portrayal of Death is compassionate and empathetic and very different from anything I have seen before). I love that he is a fan of her and Donna, as much as we are of him.

Here we also hear the headcannon behind the infamous puppy debacle of ‘94 and more from his last day of filming.

Anyway. Truly a lovely response. Sharing here for you all to enjoy as well.

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Niko’s Bedroom in Dead Boy Detectives Season 1 from Tony Wohlgemuth on Instagram;

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Some absolutely INCREDIBLE pics of the London office set from production designer Tony Wohlgemuth.

Is that a wood-burning stove?? Boys. Boys, please. You can't even feel cold,,

Here be set pics

(Insert my endless wailing about lingering cold trauma Charles and don't mind me as I busily gather a new headcanon like a magpie collecting shinies)

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If you're on Instagram, stop by and give some love to Dead Boy Detectives production designer Tony Wohlgemuth, who just shared new set pics! ✨

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Oooh costume and prop details, nice!

@gameo-archive, fresh batch ahoy!

Transcript under the read more...

Anke! It's so nice to hear from you. It's George here, as I'm sure you know, from Dead Boy Detectives. Thank you so much for requesting a cameo. It's such a pleasure to see your name pop up once again.

I'm joined here by my trusted doglet, Raffy-roo, who is... actually, it's probably time for his food soon. I should check the time...

Thank you for writing in! Let's get straight into it. So, you've said you have "a couple of questions concerning props and costuming." Love, already love. "When Edwin dresses up in episode six, did you have any say in what he was wearing? Also, does he wear brown boots, instead of his usual black ones?" Yes! He does wear brown boots in episode six.

Did I "have any say in what he was wearing" um... I've actually just, funnily enough, spoken about this. The colour green was very important to me, um... and I shared that with Kelli [Dunsmore], our costume designer, and she very, very, you know, kindly... kindly's the wrong word, she had no obligation to even include it, you know, it's her vision, I should really just stay in my lane, but she found this gorgeous um green, I think it was like a merino wool, jumper and um she found green laces for the boots. I don't think they... I don't think you're able to see them in the show but that's... those small touches. You know, the devil really is in the detail and um that was, that was really, really cool.

Um, I'm tryna think if I tried on any others. I... I was... there was a chance I was going to wear a navy pinstripe suit as the hero costume, instead of the grey, but they didn't have enough copies at the time so we had to go with the grey. But I think the grey's best. Um... um, yeah.

"What motif does the Payne crest in his notebook show, and what inspired it?" Gosh, okay. I think there's a gryphon, or a lion... it's basically... I really thought it was important, or it felt accurate to me, that Edwin would have some kind of family sigil, you know. I imagined he'd have like a signet ring that he'd keep in the top drawer of his desk at the office. But he wouldn't wear the signet ring, because that would be... there's too many feelings about his family.

But there was something really interesting to me about him having his... the family crest, or the family sigil, embossed on the front of his notebook, and the idea that it would sit here, sit close to his heart, feels like an emotionally repressed boy's way of feeling, in some way, very sort of distantly connected to his family, and his parents. And I just, I thought there was something interesting there. It just... I pitched it... I was kind of a bit naughty, I actually pitched it straight to the head of props, Terry Weaver, and then Steve [Yockey] messaged like 'okay, hold on.' So I had to make a pitch. But they... they honoured it, so that was really cool. And again, like, Steve and Beth [Schwartz] and the team... everyone was so collaborative and that was so cool. That was so, so cool. Um.

"Who came up with the idea of the ironing board as a makeshift desk in episode two?" That probably would've been Tony [Wohlgemuth], our set designer. Or James [Willcock], our head of art/deco. It would've been... one of the two. But I agree, I think it's so cool, so genius. I love that opening shot in episode three where you see the ironing board. But this is the thing, it's like... the fun thing as an actor is we had no idea about any of that. We just walk onto set to rehearse and that's the first time we see it. And then we do a quick rehearsal, they set up, and then [clicks fingers] we start shooting. So it's so exciting for us, as the actors, when we walk on and see all this stuff. Sorry, I'm rambling. "Who picked the items that were put on it?" That would've been the art or set design departments.

"Finally, something unrelated to the show. I hope you received the drawing of Jenny's [whispers] wedding for Bri [Cuoco]. [Normal volume] According to the Royal Mail, it and some prints arrived at your agent's office about a week ago." Um, I actually chased this up. I have chased this up, and it's in transit to me, at my house. Rest assured, I will get it to Bri [whispers] for her wedding. [Normal volume] And I will put 'from'... I will tell her it's 'from all the Dead Boy fans', if that's the right thing to do. I mean, I'm sure it is. She's gonna absolutely love it, she's gonna be very moved by it. Um, I'll try and find a frame to put it in, as well, cause I think that would be really nice. Cause I know that will really mean a lot to her.

Okay, Anke, lots of love. Have a lovely week, look after yourself, and happy holidays. Bye!

Treated myself to another cameo, in which I enquire after Edwin’s dressed-up outfit, particularly the brown boots that are so difficult to see in the show – apparently, they have green laces to go with the green jumper (the attention to detail truly is amazing), the Payne crest on his notebook, and the ironing board as a makeshift desk. Also has some sleepy Raffy in the background.

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The X Files: I Want to Believe (Chris Carter, 2008).

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The Dead Boy Detective Agency Office in Dead Boy Detectives Season 1 from Tony Wohlgemuth on Instagram;

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Limbo Hotel Lobby in Dead Boy Detectives Season 1 from Tony Wohlgemuth on Instagram;

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New Production Photos from Dead Boy Detectives Season 1 from Tony Wohlgemuth on Instagram!

From the sets of St. Hilarion’s, Esther’s House, The Doll House/Hell, The Lost and Found Department, Tragic Mick’s and so many more!