How Lucinda Wright Updated ‘The Witcher’ Costumes for Season Two
13.05.2022 - 21:49
/ variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs Lucinda Wright stepped into the role of costume designer for “The Witcher” season two, her goal was to not make it look like a new person had joined behind the camera. She wanted to keep the continuity of the first season, while adding subtle changes to the costumes.While the scripts by Lauren Schmidt guided her, so did the actors. Henry Cavill, who plays Geralt, sat down with Wright telling her about the first season’s costumes and gave her feedback about what he did and didn’t like.
With that, she went away and found new ways to update the costumes, making small changes while keeping that consistency from the first season. She also looked at how the characters would evolve in their fantastical journey. Cavill’s main request? “He wanted the costumes to feel like a second skin,” Wright says.
While she stays quiet on the looks for season three, Wright confirms she is already back at work on the next set of outfits for “The Witcher.”The costume designer broke down how she enhanced the looks of season two.Sorcerers and elves are featured in “The Witcher” as Cavill’s Geralty of Rivia becomes a guardian to Princess Ciri (Feya Allen). With the serious tone of season two, Wright made some subtle changes to his armor.“I love working with leather, and with Henry’s armor, it gives such a great texture. When I first met Henry – and he loves Geralt, one of the first things we did was sit down and he told me what worked and what didn’t.“Henry has these amazing shoulders, so it was about embellishing that and following his silhouette.
It was to make him look threatening but also agile. I also wanted to keep the silver-studded look from one carrying it through. We worked for months on it actually to get
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