Malin Akerman and Patrick Wilson both had to endure the tortures of tight superhero-ish costumes for the big action drama Watchmen, based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and directed by Zack Snyder. Set in an alternate reality in the 1980s, Watchmen follows a group of costumed vigilantes who are called into action when one of their own is murdered.Reflecting on her time spent in latex, Akerman said, "The costumes were definitely a big challenge in their own sense. I don't know if anyone in here has a latex fetish. I certainly do not after this film. …It is definitely not the most comfortable thing to wear for 18 hours straight. It's very constricting and then you add heels to that and a corset and this long wig and then they go, 'Get out there and fight,' and you go, 'Really? In this outfit?' And the hair is going all over the place and also it also takes on the temperature of whatever room you're in so if it's really hot, you're boiling up. If it's really cold, you're freezing. The guys sort of had the opposite where it was all foam costumes and it was heavy and it was hot. For [Patrick] it was harder to do, I think, the kicks and such." Read More...
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