Hello, crew! The behind-the-scenes (BTS) photos keep streaming in – the highlight this week was a game of “rock paper scissors” with the cast, and our first deleted scene (thank you Samba)! We also got a great look at the interior of the Revenge set, and finally a close-up look at the “morning after robe.”
As always, if you’re just here for the BTS, you can find all of it in our gallery here!
December 10
We got an insight at the lighting of the brig from set decorator Lindsey Cantrell.
Con said farewell to Oz Comic Con and paid a quick visit with Madeleine Sami.
December 11
The Golden Globe nominations came out, and despite a couple of blogs thinking it might, sadly OFMD received no nominations. However, “Air” (feat. Matthew Maher) was nominated for best comedy film! We are now officially in “awards season,” which lasts until about March, so we will continue to keep an eye out for a whisper of a nod towards OFMD.
We got some more looks at the interior of the Revenge, and a couple other places.
December 12
We celebrated the one year anniversary of the end of S2 filming. (Technically December 13 in New Zealand, but the 12th in the rest of the world.)
We got some more BTS from Lindsey.
And from set decorator Megan Vertelle!
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— OFMD Fan Crew (@OFMDCrew) December 12, 2023
The highlight of the week was the next video in Samba’s “Behind the Flag” series featuring “rock paper scissors” with most of the cast. (Which kind of player are you – 1, 2, go, or 1, 2, 3, go?)
We got some new mer-content from Rhys!
We also got a nice nod from Entertainment Weekly!
We got some nice backstory behind the cart scene with Rhys and Nathan.
December 13
Samba did a nice feature on Erroll as Prince Ricky.
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— OFMD Fan Crew (@OFMDCrew) December 13, 2023
And we got the epilogue from his “rock paper scissors” video!
Vico rounded out the evening with a new TikTok.
December 14
We continued our S2 celebration remembering their wrap party and Rhys’ famous beatboxing.
Rhys showed off his British outfit…
And Samba did a feature on Anapela Polataivao, who played Auntie.
December 15
We celebrated another milestone in the fandom…
And Vico dropped another bunch of BTS.
— OFMD Fan Crew (@OFMDCrew) December 15, 2023
Nathan gave us all a Frenchie Fry-day gift! We were gifted with a lot of Joel content this week actually, despite him being an actual cryptid.
Variety was very kind and included OFMD in an article for the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards. Nominations will be announced January 10, we’ll cross all our fingers!
The fandom – and we recognize particularly @WGA_fandomLove on Twitter, who has been active since the writer’s strike kicked off in May – got a nice shoutout from Polygon for being a supportive fandom.
The big highlight of the day came with Samba’s feature of Bronson Pinchot, which includes a deleted scene at the very end of the album!
December 16
Nathan gave us a peek at Taika during a live Q&A on Instagram.
Thanks to him tagging that third person, we were able to track down a post from October! Sadly, this person’s Instagram is now private, but we hope they won’t mind us sharing some of the OFMD-specific stuff they posted.
And another feature from Samba, this time of Ruibo!
Plus a sneaky BTS photo in his replies on Twitter…
Thai fans got great news this week – OFMD is finally(!) airing on HBO Go Asia! They have been fighting hard for their HBO to have all the same programming as other international HBOs.
Other Things This Week:
- Interviews:
- Con O’Neill On Izzy’s Emotional Journey on ‘Our Flag Means Death’ (AwardsRadar)
- Entrevista – Our Flag Means Death S2: Gypsy Taylor (Diseñadora de vestuario) (PopCon; English with Spanish subtitles)
- Other Articles:
- How Our Flag Means Death Found Its Queer Cult Following (Them)
- SAG Nomination Disrupters: ‘The Curse,’ ‘Fellow Travelers’ and 6 More Late-Breaking Contenders (Variety)
- OFMD fandom mention in Fans were as influential in 2023 as the things they loved (Polygon)
- “Best Of” Articles Featuring OFMD:
- The 66 Best Shows on HBO and Max Right Now (TV Guide)
- The 20 Best TV Shows Of 2023 (The Playlist)
- The 20 best TV episodes of 2023 (Entertainment Weekly)
- The 15 best LGBTQ+ shows of 2023 (Gay Times)
- 20 Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror TV Shows of 2023 (io9/Gizmodo)
- Ten Heartwarming Sitcoms You Can Stream Right Now That’ll Just Keep Adding Joy to Your Day (Concrete Playground, Australia and New Zealand’s culture guide)
- Our Favorite TV and Movie Performances of 2023 (Uproxx)
- 15 incredibly gay moments in entertainment this 2023 (Gayming Mag)
- 31 Of The Saddest And Most Shocking TV Character Deaths From 2023 (Buzzfeed)
- The 25 best TV episodes of 2023 (Mashable)
- Fans Are Sharing The Onscreen Costars Who Had The Best Romantic (Or Platonic) Chemistry On TV In 2023 (Buzzfeed)
- Fan Events & Projects:
- OFMD Research mapped fics on AO3 pre- and post-S2.
- The Holigays are now live!
- A Twitter user is running “Smiles for Samba,” a thank you project for Samba.
- “Air” (feat. Matthew Maher) got a Golden Globe nomination. Awards will be announced on January 7 on CBS and Paramount+.
- Vico will be voicing Captain Serena in “Craig Before the Creek.”
- Writer Jes Tom was featured as one of the best comedians of the year by Paste Magazine and got a write-up on the New York Times!
- Bronson Pinchot is returning to “Beverly Hills Cop” as Serge.
- Taika is rumored to be starring as himself on an upcoming episode of “The Simpsons.”
That was it this week! Stay warm, crew. We’ll see you next time.
Until then,
@OFMDCrew
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