Gwendoline Christie Was Told TV Would Be Hard Because of Height

Embracing her distinctive facet. Gwendoline Christie is a serious star now, however some naysayers as soon as doubted that she’d ever make it in movie and TV.

“I’d been advised, simply just because I used to be a tall lady with considerably uncommon seems, that I’d in all probability by no means work on display,” the Wednesday star, 44, recalled in a Vogue video printed on Thursday, January 26. Her “large breakthrough,” she added, got here when she landed the function of Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones.

“This half had been lovingly crafted by George R.R. Martin,” the U.Okay. native defined, referring to the writer of the Song of Ice and Fire books on which the collection was based mostly. “I needed to take my hair away. I needed to acknowledge my top, my power, my measurement, my androgyny and in addition my vulnerability.”

After the present wrapped, nevertheless, Christie was nonetheless “very involved” about “being cast-able” for elements in films and tv. “I used to be involved that perhaps I wasn’t being thought-about for roles as a result of I used to be simply too unconventional and perhaps I ought to make extra effort to slot in,” the High of the Lake alum stated. “After which I believed, ‘No, I’m not going to make any effort to slot in. I’m gonna work actually exhausting and do my finest to be good at my job. I’m gonna honor who I’m and each single freakish factor about me.’”

A method she did that was by taking part in designer Tomo Koizumi‘s February 2019 style present, closing the presentation in an extravagant robe lined in layers and layers of rainbow tulle. “I didn’t make it simple for myself,” Christie quipped of the outfit, which she accessorized with towering heels.

Final 12 months, the Flux Connoisseur actress revealed that her function on Wednesday was “the first time” she’d ever felt “beautiful” on display. Christie plays Larissa Weems, the principal of Nevermore Academy.

“I can not categorical my excessive gratitude extra heartily to [director] Tim [Burton] and [costume designer] Colleen [Atwood] and our hair and make-up staff,” the Sandman alum advised Entertainment Weekly in November 2022. “Colleen Atwood is rightfully a legend, and what she does is near witchcraft by way of transformation. It’s an honor of my life to work with Colleen and to work with Tim.”

The In Cloth star went on to say that Atwood, 74, took particular care to ensure Larissa’s costumes match effectively on Christie’s physique — and requested for the star’s suggestions as effectively.

“She is in a position to take a look at your physique and emphasize completely different components, emphasize your sturdy factors,” Christie defined. “The best way she made me really feel was my physique felt celebrated and delightful. By no means as soon as did I really feel like there was one thing to cover or one thing to be ashamed of. She made me really feel unimaginable. She was additionally enormously collaborative and wished to know what I believed, which I used to be fairly nervous initially to indicate her any references, however she welcomed them and she or he beloved them.”