Post by jo on Aug 19, 2024 8:38:46 GMT -5
Some costume details --
How’d those conversations go with Wolverine’s signature blue and yellow costume? What were the practical challenges there as well?
Out of everyone, that’s probably the most constricting costume. It’s very corseted and restricts the torso in every direction. It took a while to get to a moment where he could actually run around and breathe properly. When you’re as physical as Hugh, he is in such ludicrously incredible condition, so there’s expansion on your chest. It’s a bit like a firefighter when people say, “Oh yeah, firefighters have the ability to increase their chest size by about six or eight inches.” Well, we know that when you’re running around doing stunts and intensely breathing, you just need a lot of space.
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How was the first fitting?
It was just total joy. Why had we never done this before? All of those conversations, why did we not do this before? You go into a fitting, and you go, “Oh, the proportion on the vest to the pants is not quite there. We need to sort of cheat the belt and make some adjustments to the belt to make it more integral. Let’s make his leg and torso more of a proportionate look.” The first fittings you are playing with stuff like that.
Where’d you go from there after the first fitting?
After New York, we returned to London and did a few more. There was major excitement when we did the first fitting of the mask—that was goosebumps time. It was on a Saturday morning, but we were pushing because we had to shoot it three days later. So, we did a fitting with him on a Saturday morning. There were only a couple of us around, including the people who made the mask. We asked, “Are we ready to show this to the grownups?” Hugh was just so overwhelmed by seeing the whole costume complete for the first time.
It was wonderful to see Old Man Logan finally realized when Deadpool searches across the multiverse for the right Logan to help him save his timeline. How satisfying was building that costume for you?
Old Man Logan had a slightly different costume where he was just in a henley with the sleeves pushed up. Then it’s like, “No, we want to hide the shotgun under the blanket.” And then suddenly, the heavens opened when we were about to shoot, and it just rained. We always had the hat. I had it standing by just in case that happened, but we had this worn-out derelict
wax sort of hunting jacket that had to be used at the last minute.
How much fun did you two have with the Wolverine variants? Was there much experimentation there?
Well, that’s directed by the script and the studio, so I can’t claim those variants were my idea. It was just like, “Hey, we’re having Henry Cavill.” All these people have code names, so they talk about the code names all the time. But when they have those ideas, you have to quickly get some illustrations done and present the thing in the script. You have to realize it as an illustration and then as a finished costume with all the stages in between. So, you’re talking about weeks before things really get the costume, but the little Wolverine, all of them—they were there in the script.
How’d those conversations go with Wolverine’s signature blue and yellow costume? What were the practical challenges there as well?
Out of everyone, that’s probably the most constricting costume. It’s very corseted and restricts the torso in every direction. It took a while to get to a moment where he could actually run around and breathe properly. When you’re as physical as Hugh, he is in such ludicrously incredible condition, so there’s expansion on your chest. It’s a bit like a firefighter when people say, “Oh yeah, firefighters have the ability to increase their chest size by about six or eight inches.” Well, we know that when you’re running around doing stunts and intensely breathing, you just need a lot of space.
.
How was the first fitting?
It was just total joy. Why had we never done this before? All of those conversations, why did we not do this before? You go into a fitting, and you go, “Oh, the proportion on the vest to the pants is not quite there. We need to sort of cheat the belt and make some adjustments to the belt to make it more integral. Let’s make his leg and torso more of a proportionate look.” The first fittings you are playing with stuff like that.
Where’d you go from there after the first fitting?
After New York, we returned to London and did a few more. There was major excitement when we did the first fitting of the mask—that was goosebumps time. It was on a Saturday morning, but we were pushing because we had to shoot it three days later. So, we did a fitting with him on a Saturday morning. There were only a couple of us around, including the people who made the mask. We asked, “Are we ready to show this to the grownups?” Hugh was just so overwhelmed by seeing the whole costume complete for the first time.
It was wonderful to see Old Man Logan finally realized when Deadpool searches across the multiverse for the right Logan to help him save his timeline. How satisfying was building that costume for you?
Old Man Logan had a slightly different costume where he was just in a henley with the sleeves pushed up. Then it’s like, “No, we want to hide the shotgun under the blanket.” And then suddenly, the heavens opened when we were about to shoot, and it just rained. We always had the hat. I had it standing by just in case that happened, but we had this worn-out derelict
wax sort of hunting jacket that had to be used at the last minute.
How much fun did you two have with the Wolverine variants? Was there much experimentation there?
Well, that’s directed by the script and the studio, so I can’t claim those variants were my idea. It was just like, “Hey, we’re having Henry Cavill.” All these people have code names, so they talk about the code names all the time. But when they have those ideas, you have to quickly get some illustrations done and present the thing in the script. You have to realize it as an illustration and then as a finished costume with all the stages in between. So, you’re talking about weeks before things really get the costume, but the little Wolverine, all of them—they were there in the script.
