Viola Davis plays Dr. Gaul in 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.' Costume designer Trish Summerville, makeup designer Sherri Berman Laurence, and hair designer Nikki Gooley tell PEOPLE about creating the Oscar winner's look for the film, out Nov. 17.
Benjamin VanHoose is an Associate Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written about entertainment and breaking news for over five years., the Oscar winner stars as Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the eccentric, quirky and ruthless Gamemaker who concocts experiments to make the annual Hunger Games more of a violent spectacle for Panem."There was this wild, kind of quirky creativity and joy in creativity that character had but with this kind of sinister underpinning," he says of Wonka.
Costume designer Trish Summerville says inspiration for Davis's look was something of a "Willy Wonka mad scientist, Dr. Frankenstein kind of vibe" — basically a "whimsical feel" with a "dark side to her that's devious." Not only did the job require individual designs for the main characters, but also hundreds of matching looks for the Academy uniforms and Peacekeeper fatigues.For example: "We made buttons for the school uniforms that are the Capitol emblem, so that's 8,000 to 10,000 buttons you're making and casting."
"Her character's very big and strong, so it made sense to have a big wiry kind of hair. And it also suited Viola as well, I think," says Gooley.Murray Close/Lionsgate
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