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For Spanish costume designer Paco Delgado, working with director Tom Hooper is a good gig.
Delgado has been nominated for two Academy Awards, both on Hooper films — first for the director's 2012 adaptation of "Les Mis," and now for "The Danish Girl."
Creating costumes for a movie about a trans character in 1920s Europe posed a unique challenge. After all, in "The Danish Girl," actor Eddie Redmayne plays a painter who — over the course of the film — goes from living as a man named Einar to a woman named Lili. The movie co-stars Alicia Vikander as Einar’s wife.
Delgado recently stopped by The Frame studio to tell us about his inspiration for the costumes, and his goal in creating dresses for Eddie Redmayne.