20 Things You Didn't Know About Blade Runner 2049
2. Gosling's GREEN Jacket Was Supposed To Be Anti Sci-Fi
From The Matrix, Ghost In The Shell, Altered Carbon and Blade Runner, cyberpunk fashion is everywhere, so for anyone that began drooling over Ryan Gosling's coat in Blade Runner 2049, here's some tips for those wanting to, ahem, replicate that look.
Initially, his shearling trench-coat appears to be made from black leather, scuffed up after multiple encounters with non-compliant Nexus 8s. In actual fact, it's a waxed cotton jacket, almost dark green in colour, with a faux-fur collar to shield him from the polluted horror of LA 2049. Costume designer Renée April explained the choices to Indie Wire:
“... the earth is not the place to be. It’s more polluted, it’s colder, it’s really kind of dreadful. So I took it from there and made it tougher... Also, we didn’t want to do something science-fiction. We wanted to do it realistic. I didn’t want costumes with [lots of] zippers and plastic. So my job was to make the characters believable."