10 Actresses So TALL Costumes Had To Be Made Just For Them

10 tall actresses whose costumes had to be custom made: Elizabeth Debicki's Princess Diana swimsuits and revenge dress in The Crown, Gwendoline Christie's Captain Phasma armor, Julie Newmar's Catwoman suit in the Smithsonian, Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman costume, Famke Janssen's GoldenEye shoes, Sigourney Weaver, Leslie Jones and Christian Siriano, Nicole Kidman, Brigitte Nielsen in Red Sonja and Geena Davis in GLOW. The tallest actresses in Hollywood and the clothes that were built around them. What this video covers: • Elizabeth Debicki (6'3"): why The Crown had Princess Diana's swimsuits remade for her, and recreating the revenge dress • Gwendoline Christie (6'3"): Brienne of Tarth's armor and the Captain Phasma chrome suit first designed for Kylo Ren • Julie Newmar: the black Lurex Catwoman suit made for her, now in the Smithsonian • Lynda Carter: Donfeld's Wonder Woman costume, the whalebone corsets and the auction prices • Famke Janssen: Xenia Onatopp's custom shoes in GoldenEye and her wardrobe in Amsterdam Empire • Sigourney Weaver: "too tall to be the girlfriend", Alien and Ellen Ripley • Leslie Jones: the Ghostbusters premiere dress and Christian Siriano • Nicole Kidman: too tall at fourteen, the 1997 Dior by John Galliano and The Undoing's coats • Brigitte Nielsen: Red Sonja, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone • Geena Davis: A League of Their Own uniforms and the GLOW showgirl costume Tall Hollywood actresses, tall celebrities, actresses over 6 feet, celebrity heights, famous movie and TV costumes, costume design secrets, The Crown costumes, Star Wars costumes, Wonder Woman and Catwoman. You'll hear Geena Davis, Leslie Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Famke Janssen, Lynda Carter, Julie Newmar, Gwendoline Christie, Elizabeth Debicki and The Crown's costume designer Sidonie Roberts in their own words. CHAPTERS 0:00 Elizabeth Debicki's swimsuits in The Crown 0:50 #10 Geena Davis 2:37 #9 Brigitte Nielsen 4:00 #8 Nicole Kidman 5:23 #7 Leslie Jones 6:43 #6 Sigourney Weaver 8:41 #5 Famke Janssen 10:20 #4 Lynda Carter 11:57 #3 Julie Newmar 13:44 #2 Gwendoline Christie 16:04 #1 Elizabeth Debicki 18:35 Ten actresses, ten costumes Real interview excerpts are used for commentary and are credited on screen (Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Blank on Blank / Esquire, CBS This Morning, Flickering Myth, Television Academy Foundation, Pioneers of Television / PBS, Vogue, NME, Digital Spy, Netflix). Sources include TheWrap, Empire, People, Nylon, Harper's Bazaar, FOX 5 New York, Hot Press, MeTV, the Television Academy, Heritage Auctions' Intelligent Collector, SuperHeroHype, Bonhams, NBC News and ReMIND Magazine. Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0 / 3.0), Harald Krichel (CC BY-SA 4.0), Alan Light (CC BY 2.0), John Bauld (CC BY 2.0), Eva Rinaldi (CC BY-SA 2.0), John Mathew Smith & celebrity-photos.com (CC BY-SA 2.0), Pedro J Pacheco (CC BY-SA 4.0), imjonah (CC BY-SA 2.0), JS² Communications (CC BY-SA 3.0), Sullivan + Strumpf (CC BY 3.0), Sailko (CC BY 3.0), Rhododendrites (CC BY-SA 4.0). #hollywood #tallactresses #thecrown