Interview With ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Costume Designer Casey Storm

Jessica Allan from Don’t Panic interviewed Where the Wild Things Are costume designer Casey Storm.

“The creature costumes were built by Jim Henson’s company. The process was long and ever-changing. I had a role in the development of these suits and the way they were aged and dressed on set, but the actual design and construction was carried out by the Henson people. How they were made is a long story, but the short version is that they are foam walkabout costumes with people inside of them. It made for a tedious shoot because vision and movement were extremely limited. They toyed with placing cameras and monitors inside the heads, but the weight of the electronics proved to be too much for the actors and so they were stripped down to the essentials.”

Read the rest here. Watch the trailer for the movie at Where the Wild Things Are‘s official site.