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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!

• Listen to it on iTunes.

• Stream by clicking here.

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