During the famous " I ’m also just a girl , standing in front of a son " scene inNotting Hill , Julia Roberts ’s costume was made up of detail from her own closet .
1.First, inA Star Is Born, Lady Gaga’s wardrobe for Ally was a mix of custom pieces, vintage finds, and items from her own closet IRL. Costume designer Erin Benachrevealedthat one item in particular from Lady Gaga’s personal closet was a multicolored shawl.
2.Da’Vine Joy Randolph said that most of the clothes she wore as Destiny inThe Idolwere from her own closet. Shetold NPR, “A lot of times, you know, TV moves fast, and also, because I’m a specialty size, sometimes it was like, ‘We don’t have time to custom-make this or that.'”
3.InAll of Us Strangers, director and writer Andrew Haigh used hisreal childhood hometo film the moments when Adam encounters his parents, who died years ago. He explained, “I was rooting [the story] to the idea of a childhood home, and then, as we started trying to work out where to shoot it, I was like, ‘Well, why wouldn’t I go and shoot it there?'”
4.InRocky, Rocky’s beloved dog, Butkus, was Sylvester Stallone’s dog in real life. In fact, when Sylvester was running out of money before selling the screenplay forRocky, hesold Butkusfor $40 to make ends meet. He eventually bought Butkus back for $15,000 and put him in the movie, too.
5.InDaisy Jones & the Six, the guitar Daisy Jones uses throughout the show is Riley Keough’s real guitar. Shetold BuzzFeed, “It was my personal guitar, and I wanted to use it in the show.”
6.InTwilight, costume designer Wendy Chucksaidthat director Catherine Hardwicke’s personal style influenced the movie’s wardrobe quite a bit. So much so that some of her personal looks were included in the movie, whether they were directly from her closet or copies made by the costume team.
7.InNotting Hill, afterreportedlydisliking the costume that was picked out for her character, Anna, in the famous “just a girl” scene, Julia Roberts had her driver pick up a bunch of clothing from her own closet to wear instead. She recalled, “I said, ‘Go into my bedroom and grab this, this, and this out of my closet.’ And it was my own flip-flops and my cute little blue velvet skirt and a T-shirt and my cardigan.”
8.InHigh Society, Grace Kelly’s character, Tracy, notably wears a massive engagement ring, which is even commented on in the film. In reality, the massive 10.48-carat ring washer real engagement ringfrom Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
9.InAll Too Well: The Short Film, when Sadie Sink walks through a house wearing the infamous red scarf, many fansspeculatedthat parts of the short film were filmed in Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s home. The stained glass window seen in Taylor Swift’s film was also seen inan Instagram postfrom Blake.
10.InLost in Translation, Scarlett Johanssonrevealedthat some of the clothes she wore while playing Charlotte were from director and writer Sofia Coppola’s closet. Scarlett said Charlotte’s style in the movie was influenced by Sofia’s in real life.
11.InThe Princess Diaries, four different cats played Mia’s adorable Fat Louie, with one of themreportedlybelonging to Anne Hathaway IRL.
12.InBewitched, because of the TV show’s reported lack of budget for costumes, Elizabeth Montgomeryuseda lot of her own clothing for her character, Samantha, to wear onscreen. In 1968, Elizabeth revealed that she had been wearing a lot of her real-life clothing on the show for years.
13.And finally, Cary Grant notably wore his own suits in most of his movies, includingThe Philadelphia StoryandTo Catch a Thief. Hereportedlyrevealed to GQ that “all men paid for their own wardrobes” at one point, so he often purchased multiple versions of the same suit to wear in films.
