I feel like how dumb Gawain ends up looking in screen adaptations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight depends entirely on how hard the costume designer goes on the titular Knight. Like, there’s a definite point beyond which you’ve gotta be like, dude, look at him – of course he’s gonna get back up.
Like, if you’re looking at Sean Connery in inexplicably midriff-baring plate armour with green glitter all over his face, one can be forgiven for thinking maybe he’s just fabulous. If a fucking ent strides into the halls of Camelot, greater restraint may be warranted, is what I mean to say.
(Shout-out to everyone who’s learning for the first time from this post both that Sean Connery once played the Green Knight and what his costume looked like.)
It is how I’m learning this and I had to go find images. So now I’m sharing.
I feel there’s an argument to be had over whether this is more boob window than crop top but, either way, there is glitter on his chest.
That is the shiniest codpiece. Also here it is more the entire chest showing. It’s like they were doing one of those deep vee shirts but then put a collar at the top.
The codpiece really ties it all together, doesn’t it?
What do you think was more embarrassing? This costume or the one from Zardoz?
Sean Connery’s Green Knight costume fucks and I’ll not hear a cross word against it.
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