Eulyn Hufkie: Costume Designer for AMC's "The Walking Dead"
Eulyn Hufkie is a film and television costume designer. A former model from Cape Town, South Africa, Eulyn made her way to the States after college and worked on commercials for clients like Nescafé and M&M's. She did the costume design for the 2012 horror film The Collection, and has spent 6 seasons's on AMC's hit zombie show, The Walking Dead, the most popular tv show in cable television history.
In this episode, we cover a lot of ground including:
• Working as a model and costume designer in South Africa
• The specific skills required to be a costume designer (it’s WAY more than just shopping and sewing!)
• The importance of reading the script, researching, and communicating with the director and actors
• Innovative ideas for creating Zombie clothing, and the challenges of dressing 500+ Zombies
• Creative names for bodily fluids paint colors
• The camaraderie between cast and crew on The Walking Dead
• How the actors’ real world personalities can influence costume choices
• The secrecy around the final episode of Season 6 and who Negan killed
• And SO much more!
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