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May 16, 2003: Matrix Costume Designer Talks Superman

Kym Barrett, costume designer for The Matrix Reloaded, spoke with the Los Angeles Times about working on Superman. Here's an excerpt from the article...

Barrett got her start in theater at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and worked in theater for about eight years before crossing over to film. It was in Sydney that she designed an outdoor stage production of Henry V, a production that was seen by director Baz Luhrmann, who asked her to make the leap to film with his modern interpretation of "Romeo & Juliet." She went on to design air-conditioned spacesuits for the movie "Red Planet" and Victorian garb for the Jack the Ripper drama, "From Hell." Currently, she's consulting on the remake of "Superman."

"A lot of people would get fixated on what to do with the red underpants. My theory is first of all find your actor and then you work out what looks good," she said, referring to the upcoming remake, which does not yet have a director or lead actor.

"Everyone knows who Superman is, and if they see the movie they'll be dying for him to get his clothes off and go pick up a train or whatever," she added. "My job is to enhance that anticipation."

And she learns how to create that anticipation through research, which, for Barrett, is the primary allure of costuming. "Every job has these whole other worlds that you get to learn about," she said.

Read the complete interview/article at the LA Times "Calendar Live" website.



2003 Movie News

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