In the Über-stylized Umbrella Academy comics, Luther is twice as tall and four times as wide as any of his siblings, and his gorilla body is covered in thick blue hair. “And maybe he did the same thing, in reverse - used simian DNA for Luther.” As Blackman sees it, even Luther’s initial transformation had to make sense, or at least more so than a hulking blue gorilla sewn onto a man’s head: “In our minds, maybe used human DNA to turn Pogo into what he was,” he says. This is nuts,” says Hopper.īringing this wild concept to life required a team of costume designers and prosthetic manufacturers, who worked together to ensure that this weird monkey-man could appear in Umbrella Academy without breaking the show’s delicate blend of style and realism. This guy is a human head on a gorilla body. “I looked at the comics before I was officially cast, and I was like, Oh, my God. Reginald Hargreeves, grafted his head onto the body of a superstrong space gorilla. This is an alteration from an even wackier explanation in Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s Umbrella Academy comics, in which Luther’s adoptive father, Dr. So it’s not exactly a surprise when, later in the season, a crashing chandelier exposes the hidden story behind Luther’s gargantuan muscles: From the neck down, he’s not a man at all, but a gorilla-man hybrid - and per Pogo, the Hargreeves family’s talking chimpanzee butler, he’s closer to the gorilla side of that spectrum.Ī flashback reveals that Luther’s simian physique came from an experimental serum, deployed as a last-ditch effort to save his life after he took on a dangerous mission alone. I mean weird shredded - so big and oddly proportioned that there’s a clumsiness to Luther’s massive body. I don’t mean “shredded” like your normal superhero, or even like your normal chiseled Hollywood actor (though Tom Hopper is six-foot-five). And if you’re anything like me, your first thought will be: God, that dude is shredded. Photo: Michael Gibson/NetflixĮarly in the first episode of Netflix’s Umbrella Academy, you’ll meet Luther Hargreeves (Tom Hopper), the de facto leader of this team of misfit superheroes. But, staying true to the comics, Hargadon custom-designed much of the character's signature off-brand superhero look.Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy. While Klaus and Allison enjoy a more varied wardrobe, vigilante Diego pretty much wears variations of one outfit through the entire series. "He tried to remain in the shadows," says Hargadon. "Tom was hot in that thing," laughs Hargadon. "But we were also shooting in cold weather, so it was actually like a parka underneath his clothes." DIEGO (DAVID CASTEÑEDA) The costume designer took extra care to accommodate for the massive prosthetics worn by Hopper and the stunt-work involved. "Luther came from a more grounded, earthy sort of world, so my goal for him was to dress him in earth tones, greens, grays that kept him very distinct," says Hargadon, about the military tones and tweedy layers that transitioned Luther out of his spacesuit from his stint on the moon. "Now that was a real process," laughs Harbadon about (obviously) custom-designing and building wardrobe for the top-heavy Number One, who's enhanced with super-human strength - and some low-key dance skills. So he translated the glamorous vibe into Allison's elevated off-duty pieces, like high-waisted, wide-leg trousers and a selection of sleek moto-jackets, which allowed for major ass-kicking - when she wasn't using her power of suggestion. Hargadon also carried the palette of reds and blues from the comic book character's supersuit and shock of periwinkle hair. "We had to dress her like a movie star, but most of the scenes were actually the interior of the house in common everyday situations," says Hargadon. To dress the famous Hollywood actress, Hargadon found his baseline inspiration from '50s screen sirens, as most evidenced when we first see Allison at a red carpet premiere (paparazzi: "Allison will you wear Valentino to the funeral?") and during the " La La Land"-esque dance sequence with a non-altered Luther. Photo: Christos Kalohoridis/Netflix ALISON (EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN) (L-R) Number Five (Aidan Gallagher), Vanya (Ellen Page), Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Klaus (Robert Sheehan), Luther (Tom Hopper) and Diego (David Castañeda).
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