theredmaynefiles:

Eddie talks about Newt’s costume… & splitting his pants. 

“Basically
Newt was described in the first script as ‘he walks his own walk & he’s
quite eccentric & he has this Buster Keaton like quality. When Colleen
& I worked out what his costume was, everything’s a bit short, everything’s
a bit tight. I sort of found his physicality. When I was coming back to the
second film, I was like ‘God, it’s gonna be weird to get back,’ & the
second we put on the costume, he appeared again. Until I split my pants –
he has these really tight trousers & yet he’s always doing this really
aggressive physical stuff, so there was a slightly embarrassing moment
when  Marco, who helps with my costumes,
was literally in my trailer sewing up the crack between my…”

(video is here)