Overview

• Jon Hamm and John Slattery reunited at the Paramount Theatre during Austin’s ATX TV Festival on May 31 to celebrate the series’ ten-year legacy.
• They disclosed that fake cigarettes made from rose petals and marshmallows were burned on set, with Hamm counting up to 75 in a single pilot shoot.
• To mimic 1960s martinis, actors sipped water infused with pearl onions, a tactic Slattery quipped made morning scenes particularly unpleasant.
• Hamm framed Don Draper’s cliffside moment as a positive affirmation of his identity as an advertising man rather than a self-created persona.
• Slattery revisited his decision to perform a blackface scene in Season 3 and noted the show’s later use of a streaming title card to contextualize the episode for today’s viewers.