12/31/2024
MOLLY WEASLEY
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
As actress Julie Walters says about her character, Molly Weasley, "With the Weasleys, Harry gets a mother's love." So, costume designer Judianna Makovsky decided that Molly should have a soft and motherly silhouette. "Nicely rounded," Walters asserts.
To create this, Makovsky did not use cotton stuffing or fluffy wadding, but birdseed! Walters was admittedly worried while on the King's Cross Station set, where there were pigeons in the rafters. Her concern was well-founded, and Makovsky quickly changed the filling. But, "I was heartbroken on the first film," Walters adds, "when Daniel Radcliffe thought that all that was all me."
The Weasleys are not as well-off as other wizarding families, so Molly puts her crafty abilities to good use to "make do," giving
her outfits a homemade feel. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, "Normally she is the mother, but for this she is a fighter, and should look so," says costume designer Jany Temime. "I was again inspired by Spaghetti Westerns."