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1.The Starcourt Mall is an actual mall.
We always regretted that because it was such a cool location when we saw it.
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So the plot needs to somehow revolve around the mall.
The mall had actually opened in 1984 so it already had the right bones for the era.
They ended up remodeling the mall to look the same for filming.
All the work that Royal put into recreating candle shop Wicks and Sticks was never actually seen.
I had someone make those for us.
To create a whole store of them was very special.
It was so exhausting, art director Sean Brennan says.
Finally knowing that we had made it, it was just like, f me.
We got it right.
And it turns out that Brown herself was actually a major influence on Elevens makeover.
Costume designer Amy Parris says.
Wed try on stuff and there were things that she didnt love and we used that in the montage.
The way she reacts to the clothing is how she really felt about the clothes.
All those food court uniforms were accurate for the time period.
And some were actually really from the 80s!
People still sell them, Parris says of the actual fast food company uniforms.
They were so excited to give us uniforms; in fact, they remade the shirts.
They supplied us with the actual uniforms which was really helpful and really nice.
You wanted it to be demeaning for Steve.
Hes in the sailor suit for the entire season, basically!
writer Paul Dichter says.
I love Steve as a character.
Its been really fun watching him go through this transformation over the course of three seasons.
When we started talking about Steve in season 1, he was the jock jerk boyfriend.
We thought of him as that trope, as the archetype of that asshole.
That Scoops Ahoy hat is really thanks to Keery.
It was just a little step too nerdy and weird.
And we need to talk about that scooper holster, because it turns out that was also all Keery.
What he has added to his uniform is an ice cream holster that is red fabric, Parris says.
It was Joes idea and I thought it was a great idea.
We had our tailors make a little holster out of red canvas fabric.
