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08.12.2023 - 18:57 / variety.com
John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Catherine Martin, the four-time Oscar-winning producer, costume designer and production designer of “Moulin Rouge,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Elvis,” says she is waiting to see what project Baz Luhrmann, her husband and longtime creative partner, will embark on next. Martin is at the Red Sea Film Festival with Luhrmann, whom she started working with on his debut feature, 1992’s “Strictly Ballroom.” Since then, there have been a series of projects marked by their striking visual style, netting Martin a number of nominations and awards. She spoke to Variety.
Following last year’s “Elvis,” what do you think will be your next project? Baz hasn’t made any decisions. And I assiduously try not to get attached to any project when he’s in the process of deciding what he’s going to do. Because invariably, the one that I become attached to is not the one we end up doing.
At the moment, I’m working on the design for a production base in Australia, and I’m finishing a bunch of things that were started before “Elvis,” but never got finished. So we haven’t gone headlong into a project to start researching. I like the idea of clearing the decks and being ready and fresh and able to go to the next project.
Have you ever had your heart broken by a project that never came to fruition? I was very sad when we didn’t do “Alexander,” (initially planned to star Leonardo DiCaprio) because we were so prepped, and we had so much material and so much work was done on the design. And you know, I’d love to work in that period. I’ve never worked in that ancient world.
So it was very sad when that didn’t go ahead. The Alexander story is very much one about the human condition. And the idea of pathos.
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