Richard E.Grant has revealed that he struggled transforming into drag queen Loco Chanelle for the film adaption of 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie'
Richard E. Grant struggled with his drag costume in 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie'. The 63-year-old actor plays Loco Chanelle, the drag queen alter ego of Hugo Battersby, in the film adaptation of the popular stage musical and explained how he needed padding to give him womanly hips. Richard told the Daily Mail newspaper's Baz Bamigboye column: "The boy shape is different. "They had to pad up a bit, where ladies bulge out at the side more than boys do. "The two wardrobe ladies were incredibly patient. It took two months of back and forth to get it right." The 'Withnail and I' star also explained how the custom made shows he wore in the film were "agonising to wear" and left him struggling to walk. Richard said: "They were agonising to… (more)