Fascinating interview with costume & set designer (and score composer!) Andy Byers over on the Full Frontal Fashion blog. Read up on how Andy approaches designing the costumes, as well as making them, so that Isabella can hump her heart out on set.
B.S.: When Isabella first appeared wearing the erect whale penis, what was the reaction on set?
A.B.: Of course everyone was laughing like crazy and the penis was held on by these two hooks that lock into the bottom of the belly. We figured it out only a couple hours before it was filmed so it kept falling off, which was also funny and never got old. We had someone holding an extra penis for lighting before she came out, just to light up this huge thing when she hits her spot. Everyone was running around with them between their legs. And when she penetrated the other whale, its vagina kept ripping open. Jokes just rolled off the tongue the whole day. “Whale” was a ton of fun.
Oh man, what I would give to spend a day with Andy, Isabella, and paper genitalia.
