‘Napoleon’s’ Oscar-Nominated Production And Costume Designers On The Challenges Of Ridley Scott’s Latest Epic – Contenders Film: The Nominees
deadline.comThe Oscar-nominated artisans from Ridley Scott‘s epic Napoleon joined me as part of Apple Original Films‘ presentations at Deadline’s Contenders Film: The Nominees event.
Veteran production designer Arthur Max and costume designers Janty Yates and David Crossman talked extensively about what it was like to work with Sir Ridley on the ambitious, large-scale production that saw Joaquin Phoenix play Napoleon Bonaparte and Vanessa Kirby his wife Josephine.
With six major battles, hundreds of extras and several challenging locations this was no walk in the park. But for the 85-year-old Scott it is quite common, and Max and Yates have both been through this drill before.
In fact, Yates won an Oscar for her work on Scott’s Oscar Best Picture-winning Gladiator in 2001. For Max, who had to re-create an entirely different country — the film shot in England and Malta — it was not easy. RELATED: Contenders Film: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage “Yes, I think the biggest challenge was not going to France and trying to find it in England,” he said. “We also did a lot of work in Malta.
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