‘The Fall Guy’: How Emily Blunt’s Look Was Inspired by Hollywood Directors Including Greta Gerwig, Patty Jenkins and Kathryn Bigelow
03.05.2024 - 00:51
/ variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “The Fall Guy” costume designer Sarah Evelyn received the script long before Oscar nominee Emily Blunt was on board to play Jody, an aspiring film director. As Evelyn thumbed through the pages, she was attracted to the idea of how it felt like a classic movie with a prototypical underdog. In putting Jody’s looks together, Evelyn began looking at ‘80s icons like Lauren Hutton and Brooke Shields.
Then, she took stock of some famous female directors’ wardrobes. “I looked at Kathryn Bigelow and Patty Jenkins, women who direct action. I took a good look at Greta Gerwig because she’s very of the moment,” says Evelyn.
Other directors including Agnes Varda also popped into mind, and when Blunt signed on, she too came up with ideas. “She was really well researched and is costume-forward.” In the end, they landed on a little bit of everyone, including the men and women they saw around them on “The Fall Guy” set as inspiration for Jody’s style. In the film, Ryan Gosling plays veteran stuntman Colt Seavers.
After an on-set accident takes him out of action, Colt is soon back at work only to find himself embroiled in a murder plot. In the middle of it all is a romantic comedy story device that finds him trying to win the attention of first-time director Jody Moreno (Blunt). Evelyn did a lot of vintage shopping at stores around Los Angeles like Wasteland and Jet Rag because she wanted the costumes to be timeless.
She also turned to Wrangler and CAT for workwear and would age, rework and even dye the jumpsuits to add more oomph to the pieces. She found Jody’s trademark pink jumpsuit from Wrangler. Underneath, Evelyn decked Blunt in a Hawaiian shirt and finished the outfit with a big leather belt and Red
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