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As HBO’s new hit show, The Gilded Age enjoys success, people online are going crazy for all the details of the show. From the acting of Carrie Coon and Christine Baranski to the costume work on the show, fans online are loving every minute of it.
Some fan comments online are even revealing some behind the scenes magic.
One fan’s comment about Carrie Coon’s costumes led to a great response from the actress herself.
obsessed with everything carrie coon wears. is it historically accurate? is it intentionally ugly? is this camp?pic.twitter.com/k7o0G5xWzt— seph (@seph) 1645529270
The above tweet talks about their love of Coon’s outfits:
“obsessed with everything carrie coon wears. is it historically accurate? is it intentionally ugly? is this camp?”
Then Coon responded, shocking everyone.
Eight months pregnant. https://twitter.com/gdlsspersephone/status/1496084311325433858\u00a0\u2026— Carrie Coon (@Carrie Coon) 1645534083
Coon’s character, Bertha Russell, is an ambitious wife looking to break into high class society. This leads to a conflict between Russell and the aging old moneyed women across the street.
However, Coon got pregnant early in production of the show, giving birth in Summer of 2021. As she reveals in the tweet, she was eight months pregnant during the scene in the clip above.
Thanks to her character’s predilection for intricately corseted costumes.
As she told ET:
“There were a few months where I got to wear the costumes as they existed. But when we came back, I had to put strings on the back of all of them.”
The effect was so good, that some people in post-production didn’t know she was pregnant.
It’s truly impressive to see.
She\u2019s moving with a quickness, too. My hat is off to her.— Anna \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Anna \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1645550702
OMG SUCH A QUEEN https://twitter.com/carriecoon/status/1496104497109741572\u00a0\u2026— Dr. Newton's Apple (@Dr. Newton's Apple) 1645596058
This actually explains some of her gowns (also def vampire)— kathleen o\u2019mara (@kathleen o\u2019mara) 1645565382
LEGEND. https://twitter.com/carriecoon/status/1496104497109741572\u00a0\u2026— Atomic Fangirl (@Atomic Fangirl) 1645622986
Despite the effort, Coon is grateful the team was so supportive.
“What’s extraordinary about this story is that no one batted an eye. They all just got on board.”
And it shows. While Coon herself is wonderful onscreen, her wardrobe helps by hiding any hint about her pregnancy.
As she describes it, “fancy capes” and moving buttons were needed, and toward the end, they had to hide her baby bump behind a “well-timed carriage,” but the effect is nearly seamless.
Commenters were beyond impressed with Carrie Coon.
I bet Carrie Coon signed for the Bertha part in The Gilded Age just to wear those costumespic.twitter.com/wY98uIbQXp— \ud835\ude82\ud835\ude9d\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude9d\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude9c \ud835\ude71\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude8c\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude9c (@\ud835\ude82\ud835\ude9d\ud835\ude9b\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude9d\ud835\ude98\ud835\ude9c \ud835\ude71\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude8c\ud835\ude8a\ud835\ude95\ud835\ude92\ud835\ude9c) 1645625800
watching the gilded age and like 70% of the reason im watching is carrie coon— am \ud83d\udc9c x7 (@am \ud83d\udc9c x7) 1645670555
Put Carrie Coon\u2019s Gilded Age facial expressions in the Smithsonian!pic.twitter.com/Z1B9chUyUp— Cupid Everdeen (@Cupid Everdeen) 1645641416
Carrie Coon wanting to fit in, tossing furniture around is my new love language.— Nicolas (@Nicolas) 1645667496
someone tell hbo it isn\u2019t too late to sell team christine baranski and team carrie coon pins #TheGildedAgepic.twitter.com/DmpNhJt3PR— emma (@emma) 1645499715
The Gilded Age premieres new episodes on HBO every Monday, with five episodes out so far.