Wednesday costume designer explains how she modernised the Addams family

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into the character of Nevermore's Principal Weems whilst simultaneously celebrating her body.

"So they have to present themselves in a business-like way. At this school, you have to come on like you know what you're doing.""I knew who Gwendoline was before I actually met her. So I knew that she was an amazing-looking woman, and just incredible. "The thing that she brings to a room, besides her stature, which is massive – she's 6ft, easily – is a real sense of how she fills up a space, and how she, you know, stands, walks, and moves as a character in the story, and as Weems.""It could have been somebody that was just so regular. I was so excited."

"We just kept buying white things that we thought would be able to at least somewhat repel a little bit of the paint. A moment like that required something that stretched beyond the capabilities of Wednesday's usual wardrobe ensembles but don't expect even a shred of colour. Well perhaps some brown, but as Colleen describes, it's undetectable.

"My assistant was with me, who's really petite, and I had her put the dress on, and move around in it, even though I didn't know the choreography. And I was like: 'I don't think I can do better than this. This is an amazing piece.'"

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