BATMAN v SUPERMAN Costume Designer Speaks; Gal Gadot Talks WONDER WOMAN
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice costume designer Michael Wilkinson talks here in detail about coming up for the looks of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman in the movie, while Gal Gadot sums up her take on the Amazonian warrior in one word and more...
People's Choice recently caught up with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice costume designer Michael Wilkinson to discuss the suits he created for the heroes of that movie. In the interview, he explains the work that went into his research and the process of coming up with the rights looks for both the tiular superheroes and Wonder Woman, and the main highlights from that can be found below. No doubt one of the best reveals here is the fact those the Caped Crusader really does have brass knuckles on his loves; yup, Batfleck is a bona fide badass in this DC Extended Universe!
"To get ready to design the costumes for Batman v Superman, I really did my homework. I immersed myself in the long histories of these iconic characters. I studied how they have been portrayed over the last 75 years on film, on TV, in comic books, graphic novels and video games. I studied what they mean to people, what they stand for, why they are important. I started an exhaustive search for new materials and technologies — original ways of portraying these characters that would be unlike anything audiences have seen before. I wanted the costumes to help make the characters inspirational and relevant to modern audiences.
"We tweaked the Superman suit only slightly from our suit from Man of Steel. We streamlined plus sharpened the details of the costume a little to suit the more earthly (less alien) context of this film. The batsuit is a complete 180 degree turn from the previous film incarnations — our Batman’s power comes from his incredible physical strength and fighting skills, not from armor. The director Zack Snyder wanted him to look as much like the comic book version as possible — to be respectful to the original source. As for the Wonder Woman suit, well she has never been seen in a film before, so there was nothing to compare it to! There is of course the costume from the TV show. Zack wanted our character to be a fierce and intimidating warrior — gritty, battle-scarred and immortal…. Zack had a great idea to have some kryptonian script subliminally included in the details of the suit, so we made that happen. There is ancient Greek script on Wonder Woman’s weapons too. My favorite details of the batsuit are the brass knuckles on the gloves."
Wilkinson then went on to talk about also designing Jason Momoa's Aquaman look, and while he didn't go into great detail, it sounds like the Game of Thrones alum is very happy with his costume. "It was pretty hard to get Jason to get out of his Aquaman costume. It really became part of him." In the video below, Gal Gadot answers some quick fire questions, and while most are fashion or body related (settle down, fellas...they aren't those kinds of questions), she does talk about her role in Batman v Superman, playing Wonder Woman, and more. It comes to us courtesy of Yahoo.