![]() ![]() Do you feel that informs your film-making in some ways?ĭefinitely, I think it teaches you a lot. So, if I’m not mistaken, you come from a journalism background. But this really felt like the characters had a say and were having fun with their personal style.Įxactly! I wanted them to be differentiated beyond just a colour palette.Īnd it totally worked. Yeah totally! I feel like with a lot of female superheroes they tend to just squeeze them into a catsuit and call it a day. We were of course inspired by the comic books, and what we wanted in our movie and all of that, but it was just really nice to be like, “oh that’s cool, that’s cute, you look so great in that” you know? There was just this understanding of what women wanted to wear right now that we all immediately got, so it was really fun to do these fittings because the costumes were this cool combination of street style and each woman’s personal taste, as well as what looks good on their bodies. Erin Benach, our costume designer, is so cool and she just gets it. I think where it was really obvious is when we were doing costume fittings and everyone in the room was a woman. We even had pina coladas on Fridays, and it was just great to share our perspectives on things. It was such a sisterhood, we had a lot of fun. What was it like during the production process and on set to be surrounded by so many incredible women helping you tell this story? My point of view is very much like, I would love to do this version of the movie, and I’m just going to give it my all and if this is not what they want then that’s totally fine.Īnd for a movie this size to have a team as female-led as this one feels like such a huge deal. But we all got along really well and I think they wanted someone who understood their point of view not just about the movie but about the world. It was only a few months after Sundance that I met with Christina Hodson and Margot, and I had heard about this movie and, frankly, I didn’t even think I was in that conversation. How did Birds of Prey actually come to you following Dead Pigs, how did you get in the room to pitch your vision for the film? So, in that way, once you get the machine going, it gets easier. Because they’re all complete experts at their own craft. So much of directing, I think, is casting and selecting your department heads, and then collaborating with them and encouraging them to do their best work. It’s about gathering the right people and the right chemistry to make the right movie. I think what it’s all about as a director is making sure that the team is amazing and I had such an amazing team, both behind the camera and in front. ![]() Then a little intimidating when you actually have to think about how to do it. What was it like for you making the jump from an indie feature to something of this scale?Ĭathy Yan: It was definitely a lot and it was very humbling to get the job. SQ: Going from an acclaimed Sundance debut (2018’s Dead Pigs) to a huge studio movie is not something you hear about very often for a woman filmmaker. Screen Queens’ Millicent Thomas sat down with Yan to discuss all things Gotham, hair ties, trusting your vision, and more… In introducing Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco) and Detective Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), Cathy Yan has created an explosive and deliciously giddy film that will leave you jamming to Doja Cat’s ‘Boss Bitch’ on repeat. But, fortunately for her, so do a lot of dames in Gotham, and in Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, we get to see some incredible women come together to kick ass. Now she’s lost her immunity as ‘Joker’s girl’ and has a target on her back. With women helming tent-poles the likes of Black Widow, Mulan, and The Eternals, it feels like studios have finally worked up the guts to let women tell their own stories, and in her sophomore feature, director Cathy Yan is leading the charge.Įveryone’s favourite backflipping clown princess of crime, Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), has parted ways with the Joker, and she makes it known to the whole of Gotham by exploding Ace Chemicals where the two fell in love. 0 Cathy Yan on ‘Birds of Prey,’ Gotham City, and the Power of Women Image: VarietyĢ020 is shaping up to be an incredible year for women in film, particularly so when it comes to big budget numbers. ![]()
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