#2 - Ngila Dickson: Costume Designing The Lord of the Rings, The Untold Story of Ryan Reynolds’ Infamous Green Lantern Outfit, Imposter Syndrome, and Crafting Samurai Armour for Ken Watanabe

This week Mike chats with Oscar winning Lord of The Rings Costume Designer, Ngila Dickson. Ngila tells Mike of her fashion business beginnings in New Zealand before losing it all and ultimately pushing through to her Hollywood successes. Ngila shares why she chose to do Lord of The Rings, discusses 'low-grade' sexism against the costume department and why the Green Lantern suit famously turned out as it did! Ngila's 'book that everyone must read' - 'Apeirogon' by Colum McCann You can support the show by signing up for a 2 month free trial of online course database Skillshare with this link. Skillshare is a creatives dream with courses on all manner of pursuits from photography, video production, musical instrument lessons and hundreds more. If you want to start screenwriting Mike even has a top rated course for professional script writing software Final Draft! If you like the podcast, it would be awesome if you could leave a short review on Apple podcasts! It only takes 30 seconds and really helps us win over interesting guests for you to hear. Follow Mike on Instagram or Linked In Follow Red Carpet Rookies on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or Youtube. Note: Red Carpet Rookies guests are recorded over Zoom. All efforts are made to get the best quality possible but we are victim to the connection!