Where Netflix’s ‘Rebecca’ found its Manderley

Wayne Manor, Windsor Castle, Croft Manor and now Manderley. In recent years, Hatfield has played host to three to four major Hollywood productions every year alongside smaller shoots — such as the Jonas Brothers’ recent music video for “Sucker.” Last summer, Ben Wheatley’s new adaptation of “Rebecca” — now streaming on Netflix — used Hatfield as one of several stately homes to composite the famous Cornwall estate of Manderley, made famous in Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1940 Oscar-winning film adaptation. The black and white checkered floors, which appear throughout the house, are especially recognizable — they were heavily featured in the 2018 best picture nominee “The Favourite,” which used Hatfield as Queen Anne’s palace. “Our first port of call is going to the family to explain roughly what the film is about,” says Helen Landau, who serves as Hatfield House’s director of operations. There were some changes we needed to make, but within the way the building already felt and looked.” The first film on Hatfield House’s long official list of productions is Tim Burton‘s 1989 “Batman”, but “Cromwell,” starring Richard Harris and Alec Guinness, shot there as early as 1970.