Huge gowns, peacock feathers and a bizarre swan headdress: New stills show Julia Roberts and Lily Collins in VERY crazy costumes for Snow White film Mirror Mirror
By Eleanor Gower
It promises to be a comedy fantasy film and brand new take on the classic Snow White fairytale.
And, judging by the new film stills from Mirror Mirror, movie-goers will be remembering the outlandish costumes as much as the fantastical plot lines.
In one ball scene, Lily Collins, who plays Snow White, wears a bizarre swan headdress and matching wings as she takes the hand of co-star Armie Hamer, who plays handsome Prince Andrew Alcott.
No ugly duckling: Lily Collins wears a bizarre swan headdress in one scene from the new Snow White comedy movie Mirror Mirror
But Hammer sports an equally bizarre top hat with rabbit ears poking out of the top as he dances opposite her.
In another shot, the pair are seen dancing among a gaggle of oddly dressed courtiers dressed as insects, with one woman wearing what appears to be a lobster headdress.
Meanwhile, Julia Roberts, as the evil Queen, is seen in a extravagant red and white gown, complete with peacock feathers and head piece, being escorted by Hammer,
Opulent: An over-the-top ball scene shows Collins in her swan outfit, dancing with Armie Hammer who is sporting a pair of hare's ears on a top hat
Meet and greet: Snow White, complete with her white swan wings, is introduced to the unimpressed evil queen for one scene in the movie
The star wears a variety of over-the-top gowns for the retelling, with another shot featuring her wearing a large tangerine coloured gown sitting on a gold throne.
She is also seen in an opulent white outfit and veil, in a type of wedding ensemble.
However, although her character Queen Clementianna, is known as the 'evil queen', Roberts says she is more insane than nasty.
Lady in red: Julia Roberts sports an array of opulent gowns in the film which is released later this month
Memorable: Roberts takes a set on a golden shell-like throne in another huge gown
White wedding? Roberts steps out of a fairy coach in an oversize white gown and veil in one scene
'I think she's a lunatic, not unlikeable. She's crazy,' Roberts told Access Hollywood about her character.
'She’s not evil; she’s just insecure,' agreed director Tarsem Singh. 'She’s insecure about beauty, about things that are passing her by, and now she wants to have power.'
But it seems Roberts’s three children, seven-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus and four-year-old Henry will even have to wait to see her latest film, family flick Mirror Mirror.
Eye catching: Roberts is escorted by the handsome prince who wears a matching red and black outfit to the costume ball
On the set: A behind-the-scenes shot shows Roberts, Collins and Nathan Lane as Brighton chat with director Tarsem Singh in another photograph
Dress me up: Julia gets ready for her next big costume creation in one scene
'I think they are [too young] considering the part that I play,' she told reporters at a recent press conference for the film.
Meanwhile, Collins gets to wear slightly less extravagant costumes following her swan ensemble, but nevertheless sports some floaty dresses and rich colour.
'The costumes are out of this world,' she said at a recent press conference. ''I’ve always wanted to do a period piece, and these costumes, they’re couture. It’s like wearing art.
Pretty in peach: Collins has revealed how much she enjoyed wearing the opulent costumes
Yellow peril: Collins sports a mustard cloak over her embroidered mustard cloak
Dressed up: The rising star appears with a strong ensemble cast, including Imelda Staunton and Sean Bean
'I have four costumes in the movie, but those four are so different, so beautiful. I get a workout wearing them everyday, they took about 20 minutes to get on. I was sewn up the back everyday, I was corseted. But the colours, the feeling of them, so amazing.
'And they also represent the different stages of Snow White, how she goes from being the young Princess, to having the white ball gown which goes through stages of being dirtier from the costume ball to the dwarves house.'
The film sees Julia's queen and enchantress scheme for control of orphan Snow White's throne and the attention of the Prince.
Iconic image: Lily poses as Snow White in a blue and white dress with the seven dwarves
When Snow White's beauty wins the heart of the prince, the Queen banishes her to the forest, where a ravenous man-eating beast hungrily awaits.
Rescued by a band of diminutive highway robbers (the seven dwarves), Snow White grows strong and becomes determined to take back her realm from the treacherous Queen.
Collins, the English-born daughter of rocker Phil Collins, recently revealed that she had always dreamed of taking on a fairytale role.
Taking the fight: Snow White is taught a touch of swordplay by one of the seven dwarves in the movie
On guard: The Prince and Snow White head into the woods where Andrew is prepared for a confrontation
In trouble: A sobbing Hammer gets himself tied to a chair by one of the dwarves in the snowy woods
'To be an iconic character that I admired so much as a girl is a complete dream and honour, added the rising star, who is rumoured to be dating Zac Efron.
The film also stars Sean Bean as The King and Nathan Lane as Brighton, while Imelda Staunton also appears.
Movie magic: Collins caught on camera, and Sean Bean dressed as The King in the film
Strong support: The ensemble cast includes Sean Bean, Mare Winningham and Nathan Lane
The trailer for the movie shows Snow White as a feisty character who can hold her own when it comes to sword fighting and trekking through the treacherous winter landscapes.
But some iconic scenes are still there, including a tribute to the Disney version of the fairytale where the disguised evil queen hands Snow White a poisoned apple.
Despite accusations she is trading off her father's fame, 22-year-old Lily actually embarked on her own career two decades ago with a début role in BBC series Growing Pains at the tender age of two.
Peacock: Roberts' costume for the ball incorporated peacock feathers and a marching headdress
She has since starred as Sandra Bullock's daughter in 2009 production The Blind Side and co-starred with Twilight hunk Taylor Lautner in last year's action film Abduction.
However, sharing the screen with A-lister Roberts will be her biggest role to date.
Speaking of her famous co-star, Lily said: 'She’s playing evil in a way that I don’t think people are going to expect.
Fairytale role: Lily Collins takes on the role of Snow White opposite Roberts in the new adaptation
Retelling: The film featuring Collins and Roberts, will be released in the U.S. this April
'Everyone loves that Julia smile and laugh and she maintains that, but in the film she has this creepy eerie way that you don’t know if you love her or hate her.
'She’s brilliant and it’s been an honour. She’s so nice, she’s so classy, she’s just everything I had hoped she’d be.'
But Lily said the Pretty Woman actress often struggled with her villainous alter-ego on the set.
She added: 'Julia gets to be quite horrible to me. There’s a scene where she pulls my hair and she pulled it so hard that some of it came out!
'But we kept rolling and afterwards she was like, "I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry!"'
However, this light hearted adaptation is not to be confused with another new reincarnation, Snow White & The Huntsman.
The other hotly-anticipated version stars Kristen Stewart as the title character, Charlize Theron as the Queen and former Home & Away star Chris Hemsworth (brother of Luke and Liam) as the Prince.
The darker twist will be released after Mirror Mirror, this June.
Striking: In a nod to the Disney version of the fairytale character, Lily steps out in a royal blue and white dress
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