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Sunday, March 15, 2020

Little Fires Everywhere, The Handmaid's Tale, Catch-22 and more Hulu TV costumes and props on display at D23 Expo 2019....

Last year I attended Disney's D23 Expo on August 23, 2019, and whilst there took lots of pictures of al the costumes and props on display, including these screen-used garments and props from Hulu's television shows and mini-series. With the limited series adaptation of Celeste Ng's 2017 novel, Little Fires Everywhere, making its debut on the streaming platform this week, I thought it would be timely to share all these photos from the exhibit.
Pearl Warren's bicycle from Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere Pearl Warrens bicycle
Little Fires Everywhere Pearls bike
Little Fires Everywhere bike
Pearls bike prop Little Fires Everywhere
In the eight episode series, Reese Witherspoon stars as 'Elena Richardson', whose seemingly picture-perfect family life gets upended with the arrival of Kerry Washington's artist 'Mia Warren' and her daughter 'Pearl' (played by Lexi Underwood). The story explores secrets, motherhood, art and identity and the dangers in believing that following the rules can avert disaster. I believe this decorated bicycle was used by Pearl in the series.

Little Fires Everywhere TV billboard
Little Fires Everywhere billboard
Another of Hulu's series in the spotlight on their D23 stand was the adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian 1985 feminist novel, The Handmaid's Tale.

Offred costume worn by Elisabeth Moss
in The Handmaid's Tale
Elisabeth Moss Handmaids Tale Offred costume
Elisabeth Moss Handmaids Tale Offred costume
Handmaids Tale Offred costume
Elisabeth Moss Handmaids Tale Offred costume
In the twisted totalitarian and theological society of Gilead (formerly known as the United States of America), fertile women scarce and are passed from family to family, raped, mutilated and used as baby incubators for the ruling male class and their wives.

Elisabeth Moss plays the woman who was formerly 'June Osborne', but is now called 'Offred' (named for her Commander 'Fred Waterford' - of Fred) now wears the red cloak (which symbolize menstrual blood and fertility) and white bonnets (wings - designed to act like horse blinders, to shield them from view) of a 'Handmaid', forced into sexual servitude at the hands of the Commanders.

Ane Crabtree is Costume Designer on the series and you can also check these Emmy-nominated costumes from The Handmaid's Tale on display.

The Handmaid's Tale TV billboard
Handmaids Tale season 3 billboard
Another Hulu adaptation on display was Catch-22, based the satirical wartime 1961 novel by Jospeh Heller of the same name. The limited series follows U.S. Army Air Force bombardier 'Captain John Yossarian' (Christopher Abbott) in the Mediterranean theatre of World War II.

He's furious at the thousand of people trying to kill him and that his own army is increasing the combat mission he must fly, but trapped by the bureaucratic rule Catch-22, which considers a willingness to fly dangerous missions to be insane, yet a request to be relived oddity on grounds of insanity can only be made by a rational mind.

Scheisskopf costume worn by George Clooney
in Catch-22
George Clooney Catch-22 Scheisskopf US Army costume
George Clooney Catch-22 Scheisskopf US Army WWWI costume
George Clooney Catch-22 Scheisskopf costume
George Clooney Catch-22 Scheisskopf US Army uniform
George Clooney Catch-22 Scheisskopf costume
As well as directing two of the six episodes, George Clooney stars in the mini-series as US Army 'Lieutenant Scheisskopf', who rises through the ranks to Colonel and General.

Jenny Eagan was Costume Designer on this Hulu television adaptation of Catch-22.

Catch-22 TV billboard
Catch22 Hulu series billboard
Last summer Hulu also debuted its television remake of the British hit 1994 rom-com, Four Weddings and a Funeral, for a new generation. This TV series based the Richard Curtis film stars Nathalie Emmanuel as 'Maya', Nikesh Patel as 'Kash', Rebecca Rittenhouse, Brandon Mychal Smith and John Paul Reynolds.
Wedding dresses worn by Rakhee Thakrar as Fatima
and Rebecca Rittenhouse as Ainsley Howard
in Four Weddings and a Funeral
Rakhee Thakrar Four Weddings and a Funeral Fatima Indian wedding sari
Four Weddings and a Funeral Fatima Indian wedding sari
Four Weddings and a Funeral Fatima Indian wedding dress
Four Weddings and a Funeral Fatima Indian wedding sari
Four Weddings and a Funeral Fatima Indian wedding costume
Rebecca Rittenhouse Four Weddings and a Funeral Ainsley Howard wedding gown
Four Weddings and a Funeral Ainsley Howard wedding dress
Rebecca Rittenhouse Four Weddings and a Funeral Ainsley wedding gown
Four Weddings and a Funeral Ainsley wedding dress
Four Weddings and a Funeral Ainsley wedding gown
Rebecca Rittenhouse Four Weddings and a Funeral Ainsley wedding dress
The traditional red Indian wedding sari and classic white wedding gown were photographed on Hulu's D23 Expo stand and designed by Salvador Perez.

For another example of a screen-worn Indian wedding dress, make sure you also enjoy Tina Desai's wedding costume from The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on display.

Four Weddings and a Funeral TV billboard
Four Weddings and a Funeral TV billboard
In the Christmas installment of Hulu's horror anthology series, Into the Dark, a struggling actor named 'Wilson' (played by Nyasha Hatendi) is hired to dress up in a giant plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year at Christmas. At first it's a fun distraction, but slowly he develops two personalities, one when wearing the suit, the other that's outside it.

Pooka costume worn by Nyasha Hatendi
in Into the Dark: Pooka!
Into the Dark Pooka costume
Into the Dark Pooka costume
Into the Dark Pooka costume
Into the Dark Pooka costume
The Pooka costume from the unconventional monster telemovie was worn by Nyasha Hatendi and was designed by director Nacho Vigalondo, Alexis Scott and Cecil Gentry.

Into the Dark: Pooka! billboard
Into the Dark Pooka billboard
Keeping to the horror theme and Hulu also hosts Stephen King and J. J. Abrams's original psychological horror anthology series, Castle Rock.

Painting props from the first season of Castle Rock
Castle Rock season 1 paintings
Castle Rock season 1 art props
In the first season of the show set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, Bill SkarsgÄrd plays the enigmatic and mysterious prisoner of the Shawshank State Penitentiary's Warden, who has kept him hidden for 27 years and has painted his captive over the years.

Castle Rock TV billboard
Castle Rock season 1 billboard
In addition to original shows, the streaming service also currently streams comedies and dramas from ABC and NBC, like the heartwarming, tearjerking, time-hopping family drama, This Is Us.

Rebecca Pearson costume and necklace
worn by Mandy Moore in This Is Us
Mandy Moore This Is Us Rebecca Pearson costume
This Is Us Rebecca Pearson crescent necklace
Mandy Moore This Is Us Rebecca Pearson dress
This Is Us Buddhist Wheel necklace
In the NBC drama, Mandy Moore plays 'Rebecca Pearson', parent to three kids through the ages alongside Milo Ventimiglia's 'Jack Pearson'. He gives her the crescent necklace after a fight and hasn't taken it off since, whilst the Buddhist Wheel necklace was given to Jack during the Vietnam War and is now worn by his son 'Kevin' (Justin Hartley).

This Is Us TV billboard
This Is Us billboard
Cop comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine is another NBC show that currently streams on Hulu, starring Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Melissa Fumero and more. 

Screen-used props from Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Screen-used Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV props
Brooklyn Nine-Nine HalloVeen championship belt prop
These props exhibited were from a variety of seasons, but the most noticeable is this championship belt used in the fifth season episode 'HalloVeen' when Samberg's 'Jake' uses it to propose to Fumero's 'Amy'. She accepts.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine TV billboard
Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 6 billboard
And finally from this collection of costumes and props are these screen-used items from ABC's medical drama The Good Doctor, starring Freddie Highmore as 'Shaun Murphy', a young autistic savant surgeon at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital, based on the South Korean TV series of the same name.

Screen-used props from The Good Doctor
Good Doctor TV props
Good Doctor TV props
Good Doctor hospital ID badge prop
If you liked all these costumes and props, make sure you also check out the other exhibits from the big and small screen at the D23 Expo 2019, including from the worlds of Marvel Studios, Star Wars and Disney.

The Good Doctor TV billboard
Good Doctor season 1 billboard

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