To celebrate
Hugh Laurie's birthday we're flashing back to 2015 and the
Disney sci-fi movie
Tomorrowland, in which he played the villainous
'Governor Nix'. In the film
Britt Robertson's tech-savvy teen
'Casey Newton' finds a lapel pin with a
'T' on it and finds herself temporarily transported to a seemingly futuristic alternate world of robots, jetpacks, sleek buildings and advanced technology. Tracking the origins of the pin she's aided by a robot girl named
'Athena' and
George Clooney's reclusive inventor
'Frank Walker', as they take on
Audio-Animatronic assassins in their quest to reach
Tomorrowland and save our world from an apocalypse.
Governor Nix costume worn by Hugh Laurie
in Tomorrowland
In the movie
Hugh Laurie plays the leader of
Tomorrowland, 'David Nix', who tried to recruit the world's best dreamers and thinkers, like a young
Frank at the
1964 New York World's Fair, to join the visionary ranks of
Tomorrowland. However this vision gets warped by the apocalyptic prophecy of a future-telling tachyon machine.
These screen-worn costumes were photographed on display at
Disney's D23 Expo on August 23, 2019, part of the
Walt Disney Archives Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume exhibit.
Tomorrowland movie poster
Jeffrey Kurland was
Costume Designer on this film directed by
Brad Bird, and you can see more of
Tomorrowland's costumes on display at
Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre during the movie's theatrical release.
You can also see more of his design work with these
Dunkirk movie costumes and these
Inception film costumes.
Athena costume worn by Raffey Camomile Cassidy
in Tomorrowland
In the feature film,
Raffey Camomile Cassidy plays a young
Audio-Animatronic robot girl (based on a form of robotics animation created by
Walt Disney Imagineering for attractions at the theme parks) that goes out into the world and recruits suitable candidates for
Tomorrowland.
In you look closely you'll see the print on her shiny retro blue dress from the
1964 New York World's Fair is actually a pattern of overlapping math equations, which is a pretty clever design element.
Tomorrowland movie poster
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