Did you think it? (We all certainly did!) But in fact, No, Apple TV+ didn’t hijack the Golden Globes. Episode 8 of The Studio, titled The Golden Globes, may look like the real deal, but the entire thing was a meticulously staged replica. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg weren’t just aiming for authenticity — they insisted on it, even if it meant reconstructing an entire awards show inside the real Beverly Hilton.
Speaking to IndieWire “We were adamant that it had to be shot at the Beverly Hilton in the actual room where the Golden Globes were,” Rogen said on their Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “I’d say rightfully, a lot of our producers and partners, and the studio, were like, ‘Why? Who will know the difference?’ And we were like, ’It just has to.’ I thought a cool part of the show is to really give people, whether they know it or not, what the experience of it is like.” The team envisioned the camera following the lead character from limo to ballroom — a continuous, unbroken shot capturing the full red carpet experience. No soundstage could replicate that.
Pulling it off, however, bordered on madness. The Globes have two weeks to move in. The Studio got 12 hours. The Beverly Hilton, mid-renovation, was hammering concrete by day and handing over the ballroom by night. “The hotel was really trying to discourage us from going there,” said location manager Stacey Brashear. “They didn’t want to take our money and then see us fail.”
They didn’t get permission to use the Globes’ signature “Pink Carpet,” so they swapped it with a classic red — shot strategically to hide what they couldn’t build. The crew assembled the entry overnight and wrapped it by the following midnight. Inside, production designer Julie Berghoff faced her own minefield. “I’ve never done an award show, which is a totally different game,” she told IndieWire. She leaned on the actual Globes team for advice but still had to build nearly everything from scratch — including renting out smaller chairs to fit all the faux celebrities.
The kicker? Every scene in The Studio is shot as a oner — long takes, wide lenses, zero room for error. Add 500 extras, and you’ve got chaos. “The resets were insane,” Rogen admitted. It took so long to reposition everyone that Goldberg said they could only afford “four to six takes per sequence.”
They got through it — barely. But they didn’t just make an episode. They built a world. And then tore it down again. Just another day in Hollywood make-believe. You can check out a clip below of Episode 8, The Golden Globes, is now streaming on Apple TV+ as part of the show’s weekly rollout. And you can read their full interview with IndieWire here.
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