Normington could minimally dress the yacht when needed, but most of her changes were to ensure continuity between the real ship and the sets her team built at Shepperton Studios, a film studio built outside of London. The sets included the cabins, the library, the spa, and the main corridor, where essential action takes place.
“We wanted [the yacht] to be a character,” Normington says. “To be dark and menacing and slick with cool tones. The corridor was the link to everything else, and…

