"Oh my twitchy witchy girl, I think you are so nice, I give you bowls of porridge, And I give you bowls of ice cream, I give you lots of kisses, And I give lots of hugs, But I never give you sandwiches with bugs, in." - Neil Gaiman
The opera is where society puts itself on display. Not just in New York but all over Europe. And the leaders take boxes where they meet each other and their children court each other, and that is how the wheels of society turn.
THE GILDED AGE (2022- ) | 2x01 “You Don’t Even Like The Opera”
My character, Verna, is an anagram for raven. And so I am the raven. This was definitely a character that I could not go halfway with. She’s not the devil. She’s not even evil. She isn’t human. You could say she is the executor of fate or the executor of karma. She manifests to each person at the moment before their death as they can see her. A character who isn’t of this world but is able to seamlessly be in this world. Always, like a raven looking at things from a vantage point, from a perch. She sees you from the inside out as well. She allows people to tell the truth in a way that we rarely do. Mike Flanagan mentioned at one point, “Each of the Usher family members are like a different instrument. Verna is like a symphony.”
Carla Gugino on her character, Verna, in The Fall of The House of Usher (2023)
