On her process of research before a film
“For any film, I always do my research,” Byrne begins. “With a period like this, you need to know and understand the history, the social history, what was going on in the world, and what the world for these women was.” Mary Queen of Scots is very much a story about women; two women in a male-dominated world fighting to maintain power and control.
“My job as a costume designer is to help tell the story visually and I think you can only make good decisions if you have this kind of background of knowledge [so] you’re then making informed choices from that.”
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