It’s the job of movie costume designers to quite literally know every inch of an actor or actress’s body. And that impeccable tailoring creates a close bond on a film set, whether the performer knows it or not.
Take Luis Sequeira, currently an Oscar nominee for his staggering 242 costume changes on Guillermo Del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley.” Sequeira decked out the whole cast, including Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, and Toni Collette, in 1930s and 40s suits and gowns, and it was during a series of fittings with Rooney Mara that he began to, shall we say, conceive something was amiss.