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\nOne of the things that helps actors take on their character’s personality is the costume. Even if the character they’re playing is just a regular person, a change in wardrobe can make them feel more like the character they’re trying to play. Some costumes, however, have definitely raised some eyebrows. These are the costumes that got people talking the most.
\n[post_page_title]Natalie Portman – Attack of the Clones[\/post_page_title]
\nPrincess Leia’s gold bikini wasn’t the last time the Star Wars franchise had a brush with controversy surrounding a female character’s wardrobe. The prequel trilogy of the early 2000s drew mostly justified fire for being pretty much awful.
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\nQuite a lot of the heat landed on Natalie Portman – today a beloved Oscar-winning actress but then barely out of her teens. In Episode II: Attack of the Clones, her skin-tight white outfit was conveniently slashed by an alien, leaving her with a bare midriff. Portman kept a sense of humor about it, saying, “I got over the hump of 18 so I’m allowed to show tummy now, I guess.”
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\n[post_page_title]Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect 3[\/post_page_title]
\nPitch Perfect became a hugely popular franchise since the first installment came out. But the third movie managed to ignite controversy all over the internet even before its release. When Rebel Wilson posted a photo of herself with co-stars Brittany Snow and Chrissie Fit, fans immediately noticed her outfit was different and covered more of her body.
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\nProducers were then accused of body size discrimination, but costume designer Salvador Perez explained the actresses were given a choice of which version of the outfit they preferred to wear, and “Rebel, Ester & Hana Mae wanted sleeves.”
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\n[post_page_title]Ryan Reynolds – Green Lantern[\/post_page_title]
\nThe Green Lantern movie starring Ryan Reynolds wasn’t exactly a success, but there was one thing Green Lantern fans couldn’t get over from the second they saw it. The costume wasn’t a costume at all; it was created entirely with CGI.
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\nRyan Reynolds later said that not only he didn’t get to see the Green Lantern suit until the first trailer, but he also didn’t enjoy filming in that body suit – saying it was “made of actual woven misery.” While the filmmakers were looking to do something new, even they admitted it didn’t hold up.
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\n[post_page_title]Olivia Munn – X-Men: Apocalypse[\/post_page_title]
\nX-Men: Apocalypse introduces a couple of mutants new to the films – including the powerful Psylocke, played by Olivia Munn. Of course, not everyone loved the fact that she’s yet another female superhero who’s dressed provocatively.
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\nMunn, however, had something to say about her costume. “Apocalypse is the one who dressed her and gave her that outfit,” she says. “The thing about Psylocke is that, I can see the way that she\u2019s dressed but it has nothing to do with how strong she is and how powerful she is.”
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\n[post_page_title]Marilyn Monroe – The Seven Year Itch[\/post_page_title]
\nEveryone knows that famous moment, where Marilyn Monroe stood on top of a subway grate, with her dress flowing everywhere. This scene was filmed for The Seven Year Itch, which premiered in 1955, and was meant to create some buzz.
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\nIt was filmed on a real street and photographers were invited. The crowd went wild for Marilyn as her dress flew up, and that scene became iconic. But apparently, her then-husband and baseball player Joe DiMaggio wasn’t happy about it – to say the least. Reportedly, it was the last straw in their already strained marriage.
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\n[post_page_title]Milla Jovovich – The Fifth Element[\/post_page_title]
\nThe 1997 Luc Besson sci-fi film, The Fifth Element, became a cult movie that still remains a classic. Its lead actress, Milla Jovovich, had outfits that were pretty out there in the film, and mostly it worked out well.
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\nBut there was one outfit that really got people talking – that white outfit that looked like it was made of bandages, and was quite revealing. But apparently, Mila didn’t mind wearing it at all, saying it felt just like wearing a bikini. “I just really got into the character and I definitely didn’t feel constraints,” she said.
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\n[post_page_title]Evangeline Lilly – Ant-Man and the Wasp[\/post_page_title]
\nAnother superhero outfit that drew a lot of criticism was for the female partner to Marvel’s Ant-Man, the wasp. Originally, the costume consists of bright-yellow and black colors, but the suit featured in Ant-Man and the Wasp was significantly less colorful.
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\nHowever, the designers had bigger concerns – like allowing Evangeline Lilly to move her arms and breathe comfortably in her mask. “We tested 30 different shapes, which was incredibly time consuming, but the costume had to look absolutely perfect,” she said. Fans also noticed a particular shape you could see upside-down on the suit, but we suppose that’s just an unfortunate error…
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\n[post_page_title]Margot Robbie – Suicide Squad[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen Suicide Squad was announced, everyone was looking forward to seeing one character in particular – Harley Quinn. The bubbly jester companion to the infamous Joker has become a famed icon in the comic book industry, and many fans thought Margot Robbie was a brilliant casting choice.
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\nHowever, there was quite a lot of attention paid to Harley’s rather skimpy outfit. Robbie said she was “wearing hot pants because they’re sparkly and fun,” and fit the character’s personality – but added that she didn’t like wearing the outfit, as it made her feel self-conscious.
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\n[post_page_title]Ryan Reynolds – X-Men Origins: Wolverine[\/post_page_title]
\nEveryone loves Deadpool, probably the most wisecracking Marvel character ever made. But you might recall Ryan Reynolds also played Deadpool before the official films came out, in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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\nFans of Deadpool were pretty outraged to see he had no suit, and his mouth was sewn shut – so “the Merc with A Mouth” wasn’t even able to talk. Director Gavin Hood actually admitted this was a huge mistake, saying the studio struggled to fit Deadpool into this PG-13 rated movie. He suggested fans to think of him as an “embryonic Deadpool.”
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\n[post_page_title]Maureen O’Sullivan – Tarzan and His Mate[\/post_page_title]
\nTarzan has always been one to prance around the jungle wearing basically nothing. But in 1934, when the film Tarzan and His Mate came out, crowds were stunned to see Jane (played by Maureen O’Sullivan) wearing an incredibly skimpy top and skirt ensemble.
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\nBut apparently, O’Sullivan was originally supposed to be completely nude for the film – only covered by strategically placed props and camera angles. So although this outfit made viewers gasp – it was actually the less provocative option.
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\n[post_page_title]Princess Merida – Brave[\/post_page_title]
\nAfter decades where Disney princesses were portrayed as helpless creatures who answer to the most standard concept of beauty, came princess Merida. Parents everywhere were glad their daughters now had a powerful, skilled, and strong-minded princess to look up to.
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\nBut in newer 2D drawings she received a “makeover” – she seems thinner, has makeup on, and looks like she went to the hair salon. People didn’t care for the new look, but Disney argued that she was dressed up for the special “coronation” as the 11th Disney Princess.
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\n[post_page_title]Brie Larson – Captain Marvel[\/post_page_title]
\nCaptain Marvel is perhaps the most anticipated character to arrive in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as she’s said to be the strongest MCU character yet. But when Brie Larson was photographed on-set with a green Captain Marvel outfit, fans panicked – as the character should wear blue and red.
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\nHowever, apparently Captain Marvel originally appears in green attire in the comics, before switching colors. Additionally, producers eventually treated fans to an official first look at the character – who was wearing the iconic blue, red, and gold costume.
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\n[post_page_title]Ursula Andress – Dr. No[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen Ursula Andress emerged from the Caribbean wearing a white bikini in the first Bond movie, Dr. No, it not only changed movie history – it also changed fashion. Her character, Honey Ryder, presented a new kind of femininity to the (mostly shocked) world. After the buttoned-up ’50, she ushered a decade of liberation and empowerment – with just one two-piece bathing suit.
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\nIt’s hard to overstate how scandalous bikinis were, so let’s just say a Catholic newspaper compared them to the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” Andress was a trailblazer, and she didn’t even have to dress up for it.
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\n[post_page_title]Jennifer Lawrence – X-Men: First Class[\/post_page_title]
\nMystique appears in the X-Men comic books in various outfits – mainly a white dress with slits on both sides. But in the franchise, she’s not wearing anything at all.
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\nThe thought behind this is presumed to be the fact that Mystique is proud of her mutant nature, but then again – Magneto does get to wear some clothes. However, since Jennifer Lawrence had to endure several grueling hours of body makeup every single day of shooting, in X-Men: Apocalypse, she got to wear some actual clothes.
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\n[post_page_title]Theda Bara – Cleopatra[\/post_page_title]
\nYou can imagine in 1917, movie outfits weren’t generally daring. After all, too much ankle was considered outrageous at the time. But when Cleopatra was released, viewers were appalled to see some of the outfits Theda Bara wore for the part, which were more than a little revealing for 1917.
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\nBut the costumes were intentionally meant to be “in attune with the period.” Much research was put in to make sure everything – the costumes, the jewelry, and every small detail – were authentic for the time of Cleopatra.
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\n[post_page_title]Chris Evans – Avengers[\/post_page_title]
\nIn the Captain America movie, Steve Rogers gets a pretty great outfit, consisting of red, white, and blue – without being over the top silly. However, in The Avengers, his outfit was deemed way too cheesy by fans.
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\nThe colors weren’t toned down enough, he had a mask that was attached to his suit, and basically, the whole thing was a silly mess. Costume designers thought the viewers needed an old-fashioned hero at the time, but they quickly came to their senses in the next films and took it down a notch.
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\n[post_page_title]January Jones – X-Men: First Class[\/post_page_title]
\nAnother X-Men character, this time in X-Men: First Class, was the subject of some internet backlash. January Jones, who plays Emma Frost in the film, appears in a number of pretty skimpy outfits.
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\nShe either had major cleavage, or she was downright wearing lingerie. CIA agent Moira MacTaggert was also stripped down at one point in the movie – but none of the guys were. Jane Goldman, who co-wrote the script, said it had much more social commentary on discrimination towards women – but it was unfortunately cut during editing.
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\n[post_page_title]Tom Hiddleston – Thor[\/post_page_title]
\nWhen Thor came out in 2011, one character became surprisingly popular – even more so than Thor himself: Loki. Played by British dreamboat Tom Hiddleston, Loki is the bad guy everyone loves.
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\nLoyal fans noticed a certain issue with Loki’s pants, who didn’t quite fit the actor and hence drew much attention to his “nether regions” (how fitting for Loki), which even inspired a great deal of teasing on set for Hiddleston. Eventually, costume designers decided it wasn’t a good decision, and changed Loki’s outfit for the next films.
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\n[post_page_title]Mickey Rooney – Breakfast at Tiffany’s[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you rewatch many of the old movies we used to love, you might just find that some of them were pretty offensive at time. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is quite the classic, but there’s one part that’s pretty controversial about it.
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\nMickey Rooney played an Asian character, who wasn’t only very stereotypically dressed, but also very stereotypical altogether. It’s pretty outrageous when you think about it, but we have to remember – those were completely different times.
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\n[post_page_title]Halle Berry – Catwoman[\/post_page_title]
\nBatman fans were questioning the decision to make Catwoman a superhero and the star of her own film, ever since it was announced. But some of them were downright enraged to see that Catwoman’s iconic leotard had been replaced with some leather straps and shredded leather pants – in an attempt to make her more voluptuous.
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\nThe movie, of course, turned out to be a huge flop and reportedly one of Halle Berry’s biggest film regrets. The Dark Knight Rises made up for it with Anne Hathaway\u2019s Catwoman, who was much better dressed.
\n[post_page_title]Michael Chiklis – Fantastic Four[\/post_page_title]
\nMany actors haven’t always been 100% pleased with their costumes, but have you ever heard about a movie sending an actor to therapy? The two mid-2000s Fantastic Four films were not well received, to be charitable. Among the many things people didn’t like about them were the Thing’s suit.
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\nThe hulking orange behemoth is known for his rock-like appearance, and the look didn’t translate too well to the screen. Not only that, but actor Michael Chiklis actually spoke to a psychologist to help him cope. Working on the movie was, in his words, a “physical and psychological nightmare.”
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\n[post_page_title]Sarah Jessica Parker – SATC: The Movie[\/post_page_title]
\nAsk any longtime hardcore fan of SATC and they’ll tell you that a huge part of the show’s appeal was Carrie Bradshaw’s sense of style. While she certainly loved and proudly sported brands like Manolo Blahnik shoes, her chic was predicated on unexpected, offbeat combinations. So those designer shoes were more likely to be paired with thrift shop finds than anything else.
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\nThen came SATC: The Movie, and all that charm was gone, replaced by mounds and mounds of prominently-placed – and often-mentioned – designer brands. It’s almost like the old Carrie was gone, replaced by a shill for overpriced merch.
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\n[post_page_title]Burt Ward – Batman: The Movie[\/post_page_title]
\nWhile modern comic book fans look down their noses at the 1966 Batman TV show, they should never forget it saved the character. It was so popular, in fact, that months after the first season ended a theatrical movie was released, starring almost the entire regular cast.
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\nFront and center was, of course, Burt Ward, playing Robin. The producers’ decision to have him appear wearing his comic-accurate short shorts didn’t, uh, sit well with him. In fact, he called it the most uncomfortable thing he’d ever worn. Also, he was wearing hotpants – why were his legs also in tights?
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\n[post_page_title]Joel Kinnaman – RoboCop[\/post_page_title]
\nThe original 1987 RoboCop is one of the best science-fiction films ever. Fight us. Part of its charm was the fact almost all of its effects were practical. Since fancy technology didn’t exist, they had to craft a 100% real RoboCop suit, for instance. The 2014 remake, though? Not so much.
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\nWhen the first set photos leaked, fans were outraged. Some said Robo just looked like an off-brand Batman, while others said he was a skinny guy in a kevlar vest. To be fair, it was probably changed because the original suit was so restrictive that Peter Weller nearly quit the production altogether.
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\n[post_page_title]Jena Malone – Nocturnal Animals[\/post_page_title]
\nJena Malone played museum curator Sage Ross in the thriller Nocturnal Animals, and wore a pretty weird outfit – that many fans thought should’ve belonged to a museum and not on a human person.
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\nBut apparently, director Tom Ford – who’s also a renowned fashion designer – aimed to put her in “the most ridiculous piece.” Costume designer Arianne Phillips said, “It kinda takes someone from the art world to pull off a runway piece.” And since it was a short cameo, Ford wanted to make sure viewers knew who this character was straight away.
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\n[post_page_title]Shefali Chowdhury and Afshan Azad – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire[\/post_page_title]
\nHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire featured The Yule Ball, an extravagant dance held at Hogwarts with students and guests from the other schools. Harry and Ron took sisters Padma and Parvati Patil to the ball, but some fans were pretty unhappy with what the girls wore.
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\nInstead of lavish, glorious clothes – like traditional Indian-wear usually is – fans thought they wore simple and tacky dresses, ones that women in India would usually wear around the house. However, the costume designers said they tried to put an emphasis on Hermione’s dress.
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\n[post_page_title]\u200eEvan Peters – X-Men[\/post_page_title]
\nQuicksilver was featured both in Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and the X-Men franchise, and proved to be one of the deepest characters. While in Avengers they went with the more traditional comic book look, in X-Men they decided to mix it up a little.
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\nDonning a silver wig, a metallic jacket fitting with the ’70s vibe, and goggles, fans went nuts to see this superhero’s ridiculous outfit prior to the film’s release. But as it turned out, Bryan Singer was right, and his version of Quicksilver became a fan-favorite.
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\n[post_page_title]Jamie Foxx – Django Unchained[\/post_page_title]
\nThe Quentin Tarantino-directed Django Unchained was a pretty awesome movie. However, some people noticed Django’s sunglasses – which had black-shaded lenses and a gold trim – didn’t quite belong there.
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\nThey’re actually an invention of the 20th century, so despite of how good Jamie Foxx looks wearing them, they had no place in the movie. But as it is a Tarantino flick, being one hundred percent realistic isn’t the number one priority, as long as it looks incredibly cool. And let’s face it – we totally love him for it.
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\n[post_page_title]Henry Cavill – Man of Steel[\/post_page_title]
\nNot everyone was on board with Henry Cavill’s Superman. The superhero now has some darker sides, and while some fans found it much more interesting than his old version, some feel it’s too dark.
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\nThe costume has been changed as well to cause controversy among fans; the colors are much less bright than his usual costume, to fit with his darker personality. And most importantly, he no longer wears his undies on the outside. If you ask us, it was about time to retire that habit.
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\n[post_page_title]The Redcoats – Pirates of the Caribbean[\/post_page_title]
\nPirates of the Caribbean was a really fun movie, and it kickstarted quite the franchise. But remember those British redcoats that served under the King’s name? Apparently, they shouldn’t have been wearing red coats at all.
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\nThat uniform wasn’t used until the 1750s, while the movie is set during the early 1700s. This was simply a mistake made by the costume designers working on the film, but it certainly didn’t take away from the movie’s huge popularity.
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\n[post_page_title]The X-Men – X-Men (2000)[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you’ve ever read the comics, or have seen the animated cartoon version of the X-Men from the early ’90s, you know these guys really should be wearing blue and yellow suits. But in the 2000 Bryan Singer flick, X-Men, the group was wearing all black.
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\nIt seemed to trouble some fans, but overall Singer felt it was a good decision to keep the heroes low-key. It’s even referred to in the movie, when Cyclops says, “What would you prefer, yellow spandex?”
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\n[post_page_title]Ben Affleck – Daredevil[\/post_page_title]
\nRemember when Ben Affleck played Daredevil in the 2003 movie named after the superhero? That’s right, playing Batman wasn’t the first time Ben Affleck playing a superhero ticked comic fans off.
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\nCostume designers tried to make the suit just like the original, but they unfortunately decided to use red leather all throughout the costume. The end result was less than great, and some would go as far as saying it was embarrassing. At least the Netflix series did the costume some more justice.
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\n[post_page_title]Kristen Stewart – Twilight: Eclipse[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you’ve ever watched The Twilight Saga at all, you’ve probably noticed a wide array of incredibly bad wigs. Perhaps the worst one of all was the wig that Kristen Stewart wore in Eclipse, which made even the biggest Twihards wince.
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\nThe reason for the wig was Kristen’s previous movie role, in the film The Runaways. Stewart felt she had to cut her hair to play rock legend Joan Jett, but didn’t need her real hair to play Bella. Although Twilight filmmakers tried to convince her otherwise, she went ahead and cut those locks.
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\n[post_page_title]Willem Dafoe – Spider-Man[\/post_page_title]
\nWillem Dafoe’s impeccable acting, and his ability to thoroughly creep us out, manage to compensate for the costume he was forced to wear in Sam Raimi’s Spiderman films.
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\nHe looked pretty menacing in those armor and helmet, but it too far off from his counterpart in the comics. Apparently, Raimi tested a different mask that used GCI, which was much closer to the original and pretty terrifying. But eventually, he opted to go with the helmet – to the dismay of Spiderman’s fans.
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\n[post_page_title]Carrie Fisher – Return of the Jedi[\/post_page_title]
\nIt was pretty much every teenager’s dream. When Princess Leia was in captivity in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, she wore a golden bikini that was seared into the nation’s memory and became iconic.
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\nBut not everyone was a fan – many people thought it was demeaning to the only substantial female character the franchise had at the time. It was actually based on artwork by Frank Frazetta for the cover of the A Princess of Mars book. George Lucas loved it, and decided to use the bikini as “something special” for that scene.
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\n[post_page_title]Matthew Goode – Watchmen[\/post_page_title]
\nZack Snyder’s version of the sci-fi superhero comic Watchmen was mostly like the original. However, there was one character who wasn’t quite loyal to its comic book origins: the villainous Ozymandias.
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\nIn the comics, his costume consists of purple fabric and jewelry. The movie version, however, looks a lot more like the Batman costume – including those bat-nips and muscles carved into the suit. But Snyder felt this costume fits better with Ozymandias’ personality, so this particular bad idea was fully intentional.
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\n[post_page_title]All characters – Inception[\/post_page_title]
\nSomething you may not have noticed so much in the film Inception – because, let’s be honest, there were so many other things going on – were the costumes. It turns out they were hand picked to fit each character of the movie and they also helped the plot move along.
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\nThe costume designer made specific choices in clothing items for the characters’ personalities and the outfits sometimes even gave hints to what was going on that few people would notice unless paying very close attention.
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\n[post_page_title]George Clooney – Batman & Robin[\/post_page_title]
\nBatman & Robin was probably not the best of the Batman movies, to put it mildly. It was filled with awful dialogue, terrible effects, and a pretty bad plotline, but that wasn’t the biggest issue fans had with the film.
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\nThe costume George Clooney wore as Batman caused quite a stir, and more specifically – the Bat-nips. Joel Schumacher had no idea the costume would make such headlines, but he explained his choice, saying it was inspired by “Greek statues that have perfect bodies.” He never thought those buds would be considered controversial.
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\n[post_page_title]Doug Jones – The Shape of Water[\/post_page_title]
\nIf you’ve seen Academy Award winner The Shape of Water (and you really should), then you probably had your own thoughts about the costume Doug Jones donned to play the Amphibian Man. To some people, it looked strange, while others said it was downright ridiculous.
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\nGuillermo del Toro, who directed this masterpiece, shared his process, saying, “I wanted to make the Michelangelo’s David of amphibian men.” While not everyone loved the end result, it certainly didn’t stop viewers – as well as critics – from falling in love with this film.
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\n[post_page_title]Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman[\/post_page_title]
\nWonder Woman was highly anticipated by comic-book fans, and after Israeli actress Gal Gadot was cast to play the heroine, fans were skeptical. Her performance in Batman v Superman proved she was a great choice, but her outfit was now making waves online.
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\nFans didn’t seem to like the lack of color, which was different than the original costume, and many of them argued that her high-heeled boots were simply unnecessary. Designer Michael Wilkinson explained, saying, “We wanted to create something incredibly strong and portray her as a legitimate fighter.”
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\n[post_page_title]Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder[\/post_page_title]
\nThe Ben Stiller directed Tropic Thunder will go down in history as one of the strangest, and most controversial comedies ever. One of the biggest controversies revolved around the fact that Robert Downey Jr. portrayed an Australian actor, who plays an African-American actor… using face-paint.
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\nMany people found this incredibly offensive, but eventually it came down to the messages the movie was trying to convey with comedy. The point wasn’t to offend, but to criticize the Hollywood system and the self-seriousness of Method acting.
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\n[post_page_title]Sylvester Stallone – Judge Dredd[\/post_page_title]
\nJudge Dredd isn’t known as the greatest movie of all time, and there are quite a few reasons for that. But other than not being the best movie, it also disappointed fans of the comic-book character it was actually based on.
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\nIn the comics, Judge Dredd doesn’t ever take off his helmet. In fact, he’s famous for never taking off his helmet. But in the film, Sylvester Stallone – who plays the character – takes it off within the first 20 minutes. Apparently, Stallone pushed all kinds of changes into the film, including the costume design.
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\n[post_page_title]Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World[\/post_page_title]
\nAlthough the 2015 sci-fi reboot Jurassic World was pretty popular with audiences, it took harsh criticism for one thing: Bryce Dallas Howard’s high heels. The actress plays Claire, a high-strung park executive who ends up running for her life for an entire movie, never taking off her pumps.
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\nBryce commented on the matter, saying it simply fit the character, who could probably run a marathon in high heels. “I’m better equipped to run when I have shoes on my feet,” she said. “I don’t think she would carry around flats with her.”
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\n[post_page_title]Naomi Scott and Mena Massoud – Aladdin[\/post_page_title]
\nAlmost all of Disney’s live-action remakes of their animated classics have drawn controversy, but it seemed like Aladdin was simply a lighting rod for it. One of the biggest controversies involved Aladdin no longer wearing just a vest, and Jasmine losing her iconic crop top.
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\nThis was a completely conscious choice, of course, as producers felt that what worked for a 1992 animated film wouldn’t be appropriate for a 2019 live-action one. Naomi Scott (Jasmine) concurred, saying the choice was about “what makes the most sense for this movie and this time. I think it was the right decision.”
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\n[post_page_title]Lily James – Cinderella[\/post_page_title]
\nCinderella was a spectacular live-action version of the animated Disney movie, starring the lovely Lily James. However, it got quite a lot of heat from viewers, who thought Lily’s waistline was artificially narrowed during editing.
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\nPeople were outraged at the unrealistically small waist, but producers were quick to respond. They said no CGI was involved – just the actress’ naturally slim waist, combined with a corset that required her to go on a soup-only diet. “There are no visual effects and there’s no cruelty. We don’t harm the actors with corsets,” an official statement said.
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\n[post_page_title]Raquel Welch – One Million Years B.C. [\/post_page_title]
\nToday, 1966’s One Million Years B.C. is mostly remembered for one thing – Raquel Welch, and the fur bikini she wore that made her an international superstar and probably sold more than a few posters. Interestingly, most of the other cavewomen in the movie are dressed in modest rags. Welch’s Loana, though, fashioned herself something quite different – and it made her an icon.
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\n“It was the costume,” she said in an interview, “it was wham, bam, and woah!” At the time, sadly, she wasn’t enjoying herself very much, as she’d suffered from tonsillitis during filming and was on so much penicillin that she felt like she was about to croak.
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\n[post_page_title]All characters – Sucker Punch[\/post_page_title]
\nZack Snyder’s 2011 vanity project Sucker Punch was… not a good movie. On several levels, in fact, as it was blamed for anything from not having a coherent plot to objectifying women. It supposedly takes us into the imaginations of its young female characters, where according to Snyder they “can do anything.”
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\nBut all they wound up doing is wearing skimpy clothes. The only imagination that mattered in the end, it seemed, was Snyder’s. It’s really a film, one website wrote, about ” how hot sad schoolgirls look when holding weapons.”
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\n[post_page_title]Joaquin Phoenix – Joker[\/post_page_title]
\nIn 2019, costume designer Mark Bridges faced an unenviable task – creating a new look for one of pop culture’s most iconic and beloved figures. That character is Joker, or Arthur Fleck as he’s called in the movie of the same name.
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\nThe Joker had been portrayed on-screen before, of course, by stars like Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, and Jared Leto. But Bridges decided to make his Joker visually distinct from all of them. He wasn’t working on a DC Comics movie, he said, so he decided to drop the iconic purple vest-green shirt combo in favor of something more realistically 1970s.
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\n[post_page_title]Karen Gillan – Jumanji[\/post_page_title]
\nIn 2016, fans got a glimpse of Scottish actress Karen Gillan as her character in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (the 2017 sequel to the original hit film).
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\nWhile many fans were outraged at how skimpy her outfit was, especially since it was set in a jungle, Karen promised there was good reason for it – and there was. Her character, Martha, was sucked into a video game along with her friends, so she assumed her game character’s attire. It was actually a way to criticize how women are portrayed in video games.
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\n[post_page_title]The Amazons – Justice League[\/post_page_title]
\nWonder Woman was a worldwide phenomenon, bringing female power to the center stage. Women and girls everywhere rejoiced in having a powerful and capable heroine – who wasn’t dependent on men in any way, shape, or form.
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\nThe Amazons were the extension of that – but their costumes raised quite a few questions, as they were altered for the film Justice League. As you can see, the outfits became much skimpier – and their shields became significantly less efficient. While fans raged, producers replied that it’s simply because the movies are set in completely different times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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