Vince Gilligan Considered Making ‘Pluribus’ Cast Naked, but ‘We’re Not Working for HBO’ and ‘We Can’t Do That to All These Extras’

by tylerthe-theatre

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  1. Difficult-Set-3151 on

    It would have fit the story quite well and fit with the whole dehumanizing the hive.

    But yeah, a lot to ask of all the actors.

  2. MarvelsGrantMan136 on

    Gilligan:

    >”We talked about [how] they didn’t need to wear clothes at all, but we’re not working for HBO. But then we thought, we can’t do that to all these extras. We can’t all be naked. We figured, they strictly wear clothes for protection against the sun and against cold or whatnot. But we talked hours and hours and hours about all that kind of stuff.”

    >Sitting next to him was lead actor Rhea Seehorn, who said, breaking out into laughter, “Oh my God, thank you … Can you imagine … if I had to try to act with 300 naked people?”

  3. You know actually they could just have a scene or 2 like this and then just explain when the others are near Carol they wear clothes to make her more comfortable.

  4. mastermidget23 on

    Even from a standpoint of a society with no nudity taboo, clothes just make sense on a practical level. Cavemen didnt suddenly develop modesty and decide to cover their binguses with animal hide out of a spontaneous sense of shame, they did it to stay warm and have more protection from injury. “The Others” in pluribus might simultaneously know what everyone looks like naked, but they’d still probably keep wearing functional outfits just for those reasons.

  5. They wouldn’t have to be fashionable, at least, just functional, so everybody in jeans, tees, and sneaks.

  6. GetHighWatchMovies on

    I like the idea in theory, but it would be a little much and too distracting for the audience I think.

  7. You can handwave it pretty easily.

    We only see the perspective of the survivors. They expect people to be clothed, so they are. Maybe others are not. 

  8. Upbeat_Tension_8077 on

    Imo it probably only really feels perfect in specific scenes, especially when there are characters like Diabate using the Plurbed for his own hedonistic purposes in Vegas

  9. He’s already said the second season is a long way away so I think he’s going to need to pace himself on these ‘nuggets’ about the show to keep it in the consciousness

  10. Personally, the only way I would be filmed naked would be if the entire filming crew got naked as well.

  11. Apple would never. There is nothing more objectionable to the prudes over there than some naked people.

  12. KawasakiMetro on

    I am so sure he would love to see Rhea Seehorn naked.

    His commentary about film the scene in better call Saul where usual is bashing the garbage can. He says to the left you have this chaos and on the right you have this beautiful women, calm and smoking..

    I fell he has a massive crush on her.

  13. alistofthingsIhate on

    If this was intended it could be considered headcanon that all the others are naked unless they’re around the remaining people not in the hive mind.

  14. Pluribus is a fantastic show if anyone hasn’t seen it yet.  I think it’s even better if you go into it without even knowing the premise 

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