The incredible opportunity made Christie feel beautiful on screen for the first time.
To craft Principal Weems, Christie worked with Burton and costume designer Colleen Atwood.
It involved first imagining who the character might be.
Christie and her collaborators specifically referenced two actors when developing the principal of a school for misfits.
We were looking at Tippi Hedren and Kim Novak, Christie said.
I wanted to push that idea.
There was a key difference in Christies character versus the roles that Hedren and Novak portrayed, though.
When it came time to transform into her character, working with Atwood was a dream.
The brilliance of Colleen is she is supremely talented.
She’s also hugely experienced.
Christie walked away feeling incredible, which translated into her on-screen performance of Principal Weems.
