Courtesy FX The Schaffer family living room on The Shards. It was a story Smith, who herself attended the Marlborough School in Hancock Park, was more than happy to tell. FX Hayes Warner, Evan Rachel Wood, and a seriously ’80s vanity in The Shards. That meant Smith had to not only capture the time and place of the series but also convey the sometimes-minute differences between the types of people whose homes audiences would see. “I grew up in the Valley, so I knew the streets we were talking about and I knew the people,” Smith says.