Leprechaun 2, Leprechaun’s Lair Set Design Paintings

original production artwork

“A leprechaun’s home has many surprises.”

Original 13.375” x 25” set design paintings on illustration board by Emmy-winning art director and production designer Anthony Tremblay used during the making of the horror-comedy sequel Leprechaun 2 (1994).

Dated “11-93,” the pieces depict the Leprechaun’s (Warwick Davis) lair, a labyrinth of tunnels accented by twisted roots and stalagmites, which rests below a tree sent over from Killarney to the now-ruined grounds of Harry Houdini’s Los Angeles estate in Laurel Canyon.

The film’s crew built a full-scale model of the tree on a North Hollywood soundstage. Beams of light emanate from within to announce the creature’s arrival, when he will emerge to rampage through Los Angeles in search of a bride on St. Patrick’s Day.

The Leprechaun’s cavernous abode features prominently in the movie. It is where the spiteful sprite imprisons his cursed bride, Bridget (Shevonne Durkin), the descendant of a lost love from a millennium ago, and it also serves as the holding place for the wee person’s precious pot of gold, the source of his devious powers, which sits on a table at the center of the chamber.

“The second film was more of a fantasy film, as well, wasn’t it?” Warwick Davis said in an interview. “It was slightly more ’out there,’ you know, with the whole cave underground and wanting to woo this bride and had this elaborate lair and everything.”