Depraved: For Good‘s already appears like a good looking growth of the primary movie’s Oscar-winning success, and the creatives behind the movie’s appears cannot anticipate audiences to dig extra into them. Constructing not simply off the legacy of that movie however Depraved and Wizard of Oz as a complete, Depraved: For Good‘s costumes converse to a lived-in sense of artistry that is onerous to match.
Whereas attending the LightBox Expo in Pasadena, California, Display Rant obtained the prospect to talk with Oscar and BAFTA Award-winning Costume Designer Paul Tazewell and Costume Idea Artist Darrell Warner concerning the evolution and Oz-ian spirit on the coronary heart of their appears for Depraved and Depraved: For Good.
One thing Depraved This Approach Comes
After working with an ocean between them at first, there was an actual profit for Paul Tazewell, Darrell Warner, and the remainder of the crew to be in the identical house. “It was very emotional to share the room and share the house with them,” Tazewell recalled. “I work with a few of them right here within the States first.”
“We labored very intently, albeit via Zoom, with [the rest of the team]. Then, to have Darrell underneath the identical roof and in a position to collaborate with concepts, havingDarrell’s analog skills in creating the world, it was an enormous privilege. It is the human connection that informs how I work and what we ended up with on display screen.”
Tazewell described how necessary that collaborative spirit turned, noting that Warner was in a position to “present concepts that I’d by no means consider, or with the ability to translate my thought into one thing that could possibly be handed over to one of many makers. All of it collectively was only a stunning expertise.”
For Warner, that collaborative spirit was essential to his personal strategy as nicely, particularly given how he and his crew depend on traditional illustration processes as an alternative of using extra technologically heavy approaches to design. “Paul simply buys into every little thing we do, when it comes to the analog strategy. He will get the watercolor, he will get the drawing. That is the great thing about it.”
Typically visiting Tazewell within the workplace to debate ideas, Warner famous he was at all times met with a smile and an pleasure to collaborate, one thing that solely improved the workflow on the flicks. “Having anyone who understood precisely the place we stood as artists, as illustrators, and totally embraced it — that is very uncommon.”
One of many difficult components of Depraved: For Good‘s costumes in comparison with the primary movie is the way in which it has to construct on so many legacies. Even past increasing the appears of the primary movie, the affect of the unique Broadway musical Depraved and the classical designs for characters like Dorothy may all doubtlessly weigh on the designers.
Talking to their strategy to the design-driven storytelling, Tazewell revealed the important thing was “embracing the overriding tradition” of Oz as a world. “We’re at all times searching for methods to make sense of and increase the story of those two girls and their relationship, how you can greatest convey that and nonetheless be protecting with the tradition of Oz.”
“We needed to current that via a lens that had by no means been seen earlier than, albeit with the spirit of every little thing that got here earlier than. I believe that is why the fan base loves how we have finished it. They’ll really feel nostalgia for all the opposite tellings, however then interact with what we have finished on these two movies.”
From Warner’s perspective, it was a “actual testomony to the language that Paul developed when it comes to the costumes. The vernacular that carry via to the second, the fleshing out of those characters is fairly main in [Wicked: For Good]. I am unsure cinema has seen something fairly prefer it. It is a terrific feast for the eyes.“
How Depraved Emrbaces The Legacy Of Oz
Seeking to the work they put into Depraved: For Good and the way the costumes construct on what got here earlier than, Tazewell famous that have been was “most likely 9 months” of lead work even earlier than making his solution to London for the movie shoot. “There was quite a bit that advanced from the germ of an thought of what we had created.”
“We pulled in qualities that might assist to create the language, create the foundations and visuals of this magical land. A few of it was impressed by The Wizard of Oz and the Broadway present. However then, it turned our interpretation of what this world is,” Tazewell defined.
Sprinkled all through Depraved and Depraved: For Good are refined (and never so refined) asides and references to the lore of the franchise. It was necessary to Tazewell although, that “if you’re inside that type of vernacular, it nonetheless must make sense. If you are going to borrow one thing, it must make sense within the movie that you simply’re making.“
This helped give the crew an inside guideline on how a lot to tug from the previous and the way a lot to take ahead into their very own strategy, permitting them to “set up a feel and look that was very particular to our movie versus what you get on stage… it made our storytelling that rather more expansive,” in response to the costume designer.”
“As Paul went via these appears, they turned a part of that language,” Warner defined. That does not imply there aren’t easter eggs for sharp-eyed followers, nevertheless. “Whether or not it’s a little bit little bit of embroidery or including a sure factor… there are actual subtleties which are enjoyable for followers. You have to have actually eager eyes.”
“The attractive factor,” Tazewell defined, “is that it goes past the movie. If anyone is searching for them, they’re really to see it. They’re nonetheless participating past the expertise of being within the theater and watching the movies. They’re participating with the imagery and discovering what we have finished. It continues to ship and delight for the viewers and the soul.”
Depraved: For Good
- Launch Date
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November 21, 2025
- Director
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Jon M. Chu
- Writers
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Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Gregory Maguire
- Producers
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Marc Platt