Acting royalty pays off with top award nomination od blockbuster brings story of tragic monarch to life
an achieachievementevement and makemakeses me very ver ry proud. p It’sItt’s a great honour not only for fo or me but forf the whole team.” Filming Filmi for Mary Queen of Scots, which sstars Ronan as the returning exiled StStuart Queen and Robbie as her rival and cousin Elizabeth I, took place in locationslocat including Edinburgh, Seacliff Beach, East Lothian, Glencoe and StrStrathdon in Aberdeenshire. Alexandra Alex said: “It was the most unglamorous unglam shoot in the world and someso of the locations were the muddiest muddi I have ever witnessed. “MaMary was on horseback for much of the filmingfi in Scotland. The clothes would woul be drenched by the end of the dayd but still managed to look good on camera. I think everyone was glad of the denim.” The Th film, which has also been nominated nom for an Oscar in the hair ElizabethEEliz in 1998 and Finding NeverlandNNev in 2004. SheSh said: “It’s an era I am very familiarfami with. I adored designing for CCate Blanchett’s Elizabeth I in both movies. She’s one of history’s most flamboyant characters. “SamSamantha Morton starred as Mary QQueen of Scots in the sequel, so I hahad knowledge of the Scottish queen, which helped. “My last historical drama was Kenneth Branagh’s Murder on the Ori-Orientent ExpressExp and I got Scottish mills toto weave theth suits for his character Hererculecule Poirot.” Poi ect
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Alexandra will go up against t costume designers on The Ballad of f Buster Scruggs, Black Panther, The Favourite and Mary Poppins Returns at the Oscars in LA’s Dolby Theatre on February 25. She can’t wait. She said: “I am very lucky to do what I do. I find it hugely thrilling and love doing all the research and collaborating with my team on all the designs.
“This is my fifth nomination and every one has taken me by surprise. Winning the last time wass a very surreal experience.”
This Th is my fifth nomination. Each one has been a surprise