The Night Manager Season 2 — Production Designer Victor Molero on Global Location Design, VFX Builds, and Character Spaces

About this episode

Victor Molero discusses the production design of Season 2 of The Night Manager, focusing on global locations and character-driven set design.

Production Designer Victor Molero joins Decorating Pages to break down the production design of Season 2 of The Night Manager (Prime Video) . This episode dives into global location strategy across London, Colombia, and Spain , plus how Tenerife (Canary Islands) doubled for multiple countries. Victor shares the behind-the-scenes process of designing sets that support character psychology — from clinical, minimal spaces that signal loneliness to “luxury trap” environments built to feel beautiful but claustrophobic. The conversation covers scenic painting and aging , custom tiles , museum-scale set dressing and artwork , VFX architectural additions , and building a jungle camp set with practical atmosphere. If you love production design, set decoration, art department workflow, and world-building for TV , this episode is packed with craft details. 👉 Get the FREE Quick Reference Set Decorating Template: www.decoratingpagespodcast.com Discover the Art of TV & Film Design with Decorating Pages Podcast Hosted by Emmy-winning Set Decorator Kim Wannop, this podcast takes you behind the scenes of your favorite shows and movies. Each episode features in-depth conversations with the…

People in this episode

Host: Kim Wannop

Guest: Victor Molero

Topics covered

• production design
• set decoration
• character psychology
• global location strategy
• VFX
• world-building
• art department workflow

Keywords

• The Night Manager
• production design
• set decoration
• VFX
• character spaces
• scenic painting
• luxury trap
• jungle camp set

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prime Video

Places: London, Colombia, Spain, Tenerife, Canary Islands

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