Ryder plays Dinky Bossetti, the brightest girl in the high school. The other kids have cast her in the role of an outsider, and she plays the role with some determination, dressing herself entirely in black, confronting people with unwavering stares, and locking herself into her room. She has a secret life down by the river near her small Ohio hometown; she's turned an abandoned boat into an ark where she cares for a menagerie of animals - dogs, goats, pigs, turtles - who all seem to coexist happily between her visits. The town is agog because the famous Roxy Carmichael, who left town 15 years ago, is about to return.
By Austen Tosone. But Dinky Bossetti [Winona Ryder] experiences a transformation worthy of attention. So when she arrives at a party anticipating the homecoming of Roxy Carmichael, who Dinky suspects may be her birth mother, she opts for a floaty pink gown worthy of the prom queen title. We asked costume designer Betsy Heimann to tell us about the wardrobe she created for Dinky since Ryder herself was the original queen of goth and how the scene with the pink dress at the homecoming celebration transformed not just her wardrobe, but also her character. The interesting thing about it was that it was a real breakaway moment for her character, because she was early grunge. I washed all of her clothes in dirty black water—everything she wore in that movie was over-dyed black. So I kind of did that, literally.
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Awkwafina is a Golden Globe winner, stars in blockbuster films, and has her own show. But she took some big risks along the way. Watch now. Title: Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael