North Hollywood has a tranquil building full of super suits and scrap. Marvel Studios is a costume warehouse that stores all the major costumes heroes have worn on the screen over the last decade and a half.For costume designers Maze Rubeo, Warehouse tours are always fun trips. Especially because of the costume passages left over from the work of “Mighty Thor: Ragnarok”, which constitutes the most colorful section of the entire building.
“It’s really cool to bring color into someone’s world,” Rubeo said. “I’m Mexican and live in Italy, so don’t be afraid of colors.”
If anything, Rubeo’s new sequel work “Thor: Love and Thunder“Is even more vivid. In an era when superhero costumes tend to be toned down from page content and movies like “Batman” avoid dark scalar colors and light, Rubeo prefers a glamorous approach instead. And the “Thor: Love and Thunder” plot, in which Thor (Chris Hemsworth) is teaming up with former girlfriend Jane (Natalie Portman), is when she deals with a suddenly given superpower. Grains that have given plenty of room to oppose Rubeo.
She said this was her third collaboration with the irreverent director Taika Waititi, who worked on “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Jojo Rabbit” (Rubeo nominated for Oscar). “Marvel has parameters with packages for visual development, which I have a lot of respect for,” says Rubeo. “But when working with Taica, it all goes out of the window a bit.”
Below, Rubo introduces some of the movie’s most daring looks.
Thor (Chris Hemsworth)
When he first met Thor in “Love and Thunder,” he replaced a traditional supersuit with a little more rock’n’roll and fought aliens in red leather vests, snug-fitting white T-shirts, and jeans. .. “My assistant was a little worried,” Rubeo said.
The radical 80’s look is intended as a homage to Kurt Russell. “Big trouble in Little China” —One of Waititi’s favorite movies — and in favor of Thor’s time spent dating the Guardians of the Galaxy. The leather vest looks like a jacket borrowed from Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), a bulging jacket from Thor.
“Maybe it had sleeves and he tore them off,” Rubeo meditated. “He can’t stand wearing his sleeves. He gets hot, Thor.”
Later, after encountering Jane in an old flame in her super suit, Thor used one of his least sung but useful abilities, the power to give himself an immediate makeover, from the thin air. Summon a colorful new armor suit. Bold blue and gold details.
“It’s very flashy, there’s no other word about it,” Rubeo said. “They are like walking cars and very shiny!”
Mighty Thor (Natalie Portman)
Blessed by Thor’s mysterious hammer, Mjolnir, Jane transforms into a Scandinavian goddess, and Portman has a silver bodice, leather after two previous “Thor” movies in which she played a helpless human foil. Trousers, a bicep ring to accentuate her newly found muscles.
“It’s a very romantic look,” said Rubeo, but found that element, especially the winged helmet that Thor envy, was difficult to design. “It was very important for me that her eyes didn’t disappear,” Rubeo said. “The helmet may have been down, but I made it so as not to lose Natalie.” Also, since helmets are difficult to wear in the action scene, it is a CGI effect that is usually added in post production. , Rubeo has created a real helmet that Portman wears on wardrobe accessories and still images in photographs.
Regarding the proceedings themselves, “must be lightweight,” Rubeo said. “Natalie had no experience with a super suit, so proper training is needed for that. That’s what you have to get used to.” Even the flowing red cloak fits into Portman’s 5ft 3 frame. Had to change to.Hemsworth’s tall cloak is made of the same heavy Dauchester fabric used for red jackets, Queen’s GuardRubeo procured more dynamic and willow-like textiles from Spain for Portman’s suit.
The end result impressed not only Portman but also the young children of the actress. “They were completely absorbed in the costume and wanted to wear it,” Rubeo said. “Of course, Natalie is so professional that she said,” Well, you can touch it, but you can’t wear it. ” “
Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson)
Thor’s comrade Valkyrie, who appeared in her first big battle in a kitsch “Phantom of the Opera” sweatshirt in a movie full of unconventional creative choices, feels like the ordeal of “Thor: Love and Thunder”. There are no details that better illustrate. “I was printing this sweatshirt in the 11th hour,” Rubeo said. “It was a story.”
How did “Phantom” get such a great placement for a character that looks good on future armor? Rubeo said that unlike Thor, who has traveled through space for the past few years, Valkyrie remains on Earth and is immersed in its strange and wonderful culture. “Taica wanted Valkyrie to be portrayed as the person who actually lives her life,” Rubeo said. “She is soon participating in a world program.”
So when Valkyrie wakes up during a night raid on a village, it’s no wonder she wears realistic pajamas and takes action. Still, Waititi took years to decide what she wanted to decorate her sweatshirt. Does the lightning strike AC / DC logo provide a clever wink for movie titles? Or did Valkyrie look like a Blondie fan? In the end, Rubeo nodded to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-standing theater musical.
“Everyone has seen the” Phantom of the Opera “T-shirt. This is the cognitive baseline and we will land where we live, “Rubeo said. “And simply, Taica thought it was cool.”
For Valkyrie, who appears somewhere in a movie wearing a three-piece suit, this isn’t just unconventional clothing. I agree with both the character’s bisexuality and Frida Kahlo’s menswear taste. However, the “phantom” sweatshirt resonated in a unique way. When Rubeo told Thompson what to wear in the action sequence, she said, “She actually slept in the’Phantom of the Opera’T in her life. -shirt! “
Gore (Christian Bale) and Zeus (Russell Crowe)
The hero rocks a vibrant and metallic ensemble, while the villain Gorr the God Butcher is more modest. He only wears a white robe and all colors disappear from the shadow area where he lives. “We wanted this character to be one of the most distressed statues you’re looking at. Naples Archaeological Museum“Rubeo said. “We wanted to give it that lasting and eternal feeling.”
Gore’s costume looks simple, but it was nothing to put it together. Rubeo ordered 50 yards of linen to be veiled and cleverly placed it to hide secret aspects such as a cooling system that prevented the actor from overheating and a harness that was added when Gore flew in the sky. did.
The sequence of fighting Veil against Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster in “Mighty Thor: Ragnarok” hit the floor of the cutting room. Kandinsky A robe for him, “said Rubeo.However, she was excited about the mid-movie excursion introducing Russell Crowe as Zeus and contacted the Roman leather master. August and Giampaolo Grassi, His father equipped Richard Burton in “Cleopatra” and made a valuable gold leaf-covered breastplate for the “Gladiator” actor. “We’re talking about someone who already knows how to wear Cuirass“She said.
With “Thor: Love and Thunder” in the theater and Rubeo’s costumes and leftovers sent to lighten the North Hollywood warehouse, she’s interested in working on something more intimate and less cosmic next time. mosquito? necessarily.
“The heart of the situation is that we want more in every project. We want to challenge every time,” she said. “I want to do costumes from another country. Another planet in costume!”
