Ruth E. Carter is no stranger to creating entire universes through clothing. She took home Oscars gold in 2019 for imagining the wardrobe for BlackPanther, and had been twice nominated before that
“I consider Ruth Carter to be on the Mt. Rushmore of Costume Designers. I always have a sense of comfort when she’s on one of my films because she’s so smart and so inventive, that I know whatever she comes up with is going to be amazing.” He adds, “It doesn’t matter what the budget, genre, or period of the film is … Ruth hits it out of the park every time. She can do anything. She’s the Queen.
One is a more serious approach. It’s more dealing with tribes of Africa that we were inspired by, to create the fictitious tribes of Wakanda. It’s more of a story that has an origin in the ’60s, through the comics and Marvel. It’s more of aapproach to looking at African royalty and the different factions around building these worlds. Zamunda is a comedy.
So this was an opportunity for me to dress one of the most brilliant character actors in Hollywood. I wanted to present the king, Eddie, with the best costumes that would help him get there. I found that he didn’t really like to do very, and he said, “You want me to try on all?” And I was like [singing nervously]: “Oh, yeah.” So it developed little by little, and I would measure his physique to the T, so he wouldn’t have to try on everything.
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