Production designer Cara Brower had several themes to keep in mind when building the art-centric world of Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman.”In the film, now playing in theaters, Yahya Abdul Mateen II plays artist Anthony McCoy, while his girlfriend Brianna Cartwright, played by “WandaVision” actor Teyonah Parris, is a gallery director steeped in Chicago’s art scene.
Not only did Brower set out to find local Black artists in Chicago, she also wanted the sets to reflect the story of gentrification while still planting seeds of the original 1992 horror film.Brower talked about her research, location scouting in Chicago’s Cabrini Green and delivering DaCosta’s vision.The film goes back to the Cabrini-Green housing project, where some areas have seen new development after the original towers were torn down.
What did it mean to be there?We knew the film had to be in Chicago, and I wanted to
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