Maya Rudolph’s New Show Was Filmed at One of the Largest Homes in the Country

Set DesignMaya Rudolph’s New Show Was Filmed at One of the Largest Homes in the CountryThe comedian plays a billionaire in the upcoming Apple TV+ comedy Loot

By Rachel Wallace

June 8, 2022

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Maya Rudolph (left) plays billionaire Molly Novak in the new series Loot on Apple TV+. Here, she stands in her gargantuan closet with her assistant, played by Joel Kim Booster.Courtesy of Apple TV+

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A new show coming to Apple TV+ just may give Succession and Billions a run for their money when it comes to real estate porn. Loot, premiering June 24, is a comedy starring Maya Rudolph as a billionaire who discovers that her husband (Adam Scott) is having an affair. Postdivorce, she throws herself into work with her charity foundation, presumably learning some life lessons along the way.

This is all spelled out in the trailer, which was released Friday and shows Rudolph discovering her husband’s mistress inside a Kardashian-worthy closet. It’s amazing that Molly (Rudolph’s character) happened upon the woman at all, because her home in the show is one of the largest in the entire country. The show was filmed at the Bel Air behemoth mansion known as “The One,” which features 21 bedrooms, 49 bathrooms, and measures a whopping 105,000 square feet.

An aerial view of the mega mansion. 

Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Getty Images

For context, there are only two homes in the country with more square footage, and neither operate as private residences anymore. Biltmore Estate, in Asheville, North Carolina—built by architects Richard Morris Hunt and Frederick Law Olmstead as a mountain retreat for George Vanderbilt during the Gilded Age—is 175,000 square feet. Oheka Castle, in Huntington, New York, completed in 1919, is also larger than “The One,” at 109,000 square feet. The former is a museum and tourist attraction, whereas the latter is a hotel, popular wedding venue, and was even featured in Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” music video.

This still from Loot shows the foyer of the home, which features a sculpture called Unity by artist Mike Fields under a custom-made Murano chandelier.

Courtesy of Apple TV+

“The One” may technically come in third, but it is thought to be the largest modern residence in the country. At one time, it was expected to become the most expensive as well, but that never came to fruition. Built over eight years by developer Nile Niami and architect Paul McClean, the excessive hilltop dwelling sent Niami into bankruptcy—reportedly before the home was even completely finished. The mansion eventually went up for auction and was purchased by billionaire Fashion Nova CEO, Richard Saghian, for $126 million, this March. (When factoring in the additional commission for the auction house, the price was $141 million.)

Inside the property’s guesthouse.

Photo: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

It is clearly the perfect pad to set the scene for Rudolph’s überwealthy, slightly out of touch character—for example, a money shot of the home’s exterior appears in the trailer right after a clip of Rudolph and Scott motoring towards a gargantuan yacht. And though production designer Jennifer Dehghan and her team created some of the interiors on the show on a soundstage instead of on location, these manufactured spaces probably aren’t that far off from the real thing. This house is the ultimate example of excess, with five swimming pools, a bowling alley, a 40-seat movie theater, a 30-car garage, and a primary bedroom suite that clocks in at well over the size of the average American home at 5,500 square feet.

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