Nerdist: If you have seen the new Deadpool & Wolverine movie, you know that there are a lot of different Deadpool and Wolverine variants. A lot of them have slight differences in their costumes, which may not seem like that big of a deal, but one of the costumes cost $100,000?! Yeah, you read that right.
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Reading this article reminded me of the harsh reality of making costumes for a production. This is not the first time I’ve heard about costumes that take an exorbitant amount of time, money, labor, and research to create, despite only appearing on screen for mere seconds. These costumes most likely barely register with the majority of the audience, especially the general public, who are not usually aware of the effort and care that went into the making of those costumes. I have not seen Deadpool and Wolverine, but I knew about the widespread media hype and massive expectations from the fans. I wish the article had touched on the reason behind the extreme cost of the suit, because I cannot tell from the picture why it could have possibly cost one hundred thousand dollars. Nevertheless, taking great care in producing a sufficiently detailed costume is still essential, because a distinct lack of quality would register with the audience, and take them out of the film.
I saw this movie in theatre with Jeremiah shortly after it came out. Him as as huge comic fan and me who grew up with a dad who was comic nerd and read them to me a lot, we were super excited about all the different wolverine variants to make an appearance in the movie. However, I had never thought of just how expensive it is to make each of the iconic costumes that the wolverine is seen in. From my own knowledge, I would guess this comes down to a lot of copyright hurdles for the production in order to show those costumes in such a big movie even if it’s only for 11 seconds like the one discussed in the article. Additionally, superheroes have very intricate costumes, meaning someone must make it rather that being able to piece it together from everyday clothes. This kind of material and labor expenses will rapidly increase the cost of making a costume for a movie. With all these consideration, a number like $100,000 makes a lot more sense. While it would have been exciting for comic fans all over to see more variants of wolverine, reading this article makes me understand why they weren’t able to put in as many as was originally suggested.
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