New York Magazine's Vulture Festival is Back with Hulu's "The Great" with "The Great-est Panel You Ever Seen" with Elle Fanning & Nicholas Hoult.

 By Laura Medina

Now that Bridgerton is already established, here's something that fans of Hulu's "The Great" already know, "The Great" is a naughty nugget of eye candy treat based on the tumultuous arranged marriage between Russia's Catherine the Great and the mercurial Emperor Peter.  In other words, it's a period costume comedy of a "f*ck & fight" based on gender roles and gender power in ruling a nation.

Nicholas went on how important food is in "The Great" as a subtle passive-aggressive form of mental torture and how decadent cuisine represents the Russian court.

Due to the long hours under the hot lights, Elle was disappointed they had to use fake ice cream made out of lard, so they won't melt but craft service did gave her real ice cream as relief to a long day and night of shooting the opulent comedy.

Both Elle and Nicholas discussed about the scrumptious costumes and how they affect their acting and movement.

Elle did say, even during the Rococo Period when Catherine was pregnant enough to give her a more comfortable Empire higher, looser waist line, women at the time still have to wear a corset since bras weren't invented yet.  Women back then, still have to wear corsets to give them shape.

As any "The Great" fans know, the gender-dependent period costumes form the basis of the naughty sex jokes, sexual frustrations, and gender power plays running this married couple.

Nicholas mentioned cunnilingus in an episode that Vulture Festival aired during the panel.  Even Elle blushed when she found out that her mom is a big fan of the show and loves it when the two protagonists "f&ck & fight."  That's the dynamics of the show.

Both Elle and Nicholas also talked about the importance of historical makeup plays in the series.

In the effort to pale their complexion to show that these elites don't do manual labor out in the sun, people wore mercury foundation that eats away at the skin.  To hide the mercury scars, the actors said that people have to wear black velvet decorative patches as fancy faux moles.

"The Great" is a juicy, decadent treat.