ESQ: And now you're the guy in charge of Batman and Wonder Woman, right?
MW: Exactly.
ESQ: When will those suits be revealed?
MW: I'm not sure what Warner Brothers has planned for that. I know last time when we worked on Man of Steel we released an image of the Superman suit well before the movie was released. That gives us a chance to really control that shot, to light it and make it look exactly how we want it to look. I'm sure they're going to release them well before the film.
ESQ: So they are already designed?
MW: I designed them. I know what they look like. We're in the middle of fittings and camera tests and final tweaks at the moment.
ESQ: How do you approach costuming a character like Wonder Woman who is very iconic but not really present in contemporary culture?
MW: I think there's a huge responsibility we all feel about Wonder Woman. She hasn't been on the big screen in a movie ever. She's been on TV, of course, with the legendary Linda Carter. She's been drawn a million different ways in graphic novels and comic books so we're really sinking ourselves into that culture and educating ourselves about her backstory and really thinking hard about a Wonder Woman who is contemporary and reverberates with modern audiences.
ESQ: And what about Batman?
MW: I talked a lot with Zack Snyder. He has such a great vision for this film, the cinematic universe that we're creating together with the production designer and the cinematographer. It has a logic to it. It's very tight. It's a very gritty, real, contemporary world. That's what I had in the back of my mind when I tried to think of a Batman that works for that universe.
ESQ: So nipples or no nipples on the Batman suit?
MW: I can neither confirm nor deny.
ESQ: I read an interview with Kevin Smith where he said, "There wasn't a single nipple on this fricking suit."
MW: The world rejoices!
ESQ: Will this film have the same Superman suit as Man of Steel?
MW: No, we're doing a few tweaks to the Superman suit. We want to make sure, again, that it's updated and feels fresh and right for this installment of Zack Snyder's comic-book universe.
ESQ: How many suits do you have to make for each character?
MW: It's different for each character, but I think for the Superman suit we had about 18 of them for Man of Steel. There are also some stunt scenarios you have to get ready for. Let alone the wear and tear of a four-month shoot. You have to be ready for anything.
ESQ: You've now worked with so many huge characters, but who is your favorite superhero?
MW: It sounds dorky saying it, but I think it has to be Superman. He was the first. He's the original. He's the guy all the other superheroes are trying to be. There's a purity about him. There's a morality there that's so watertight. I'll go with the best.
