Euphoria’s Quintessa Swindell stars alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Black Adam as the little-known superhero Cyclone — but with the help of the costume designers behind Deadpool 2 and the Hunger Games movies, it’s an eye-popping debut.
Among the most striking things about Black Adam are the costumes. They’re accurate without being goofy, but colorful without sacrificing seriousness. Against the movie’s palette of browns, elements like Doctor Fate’s blue-and-gold cloak and Black Adam’s yellow-and-black chest emblem pop off the screen. But nobody looks as fabulous, or as unique, as Quintessa Swindell’s Cyclone.
“Even for me,” the Euphoria actor told Polygon over Zoom, “[someone who’s] really into comics, superhero films, and seeing what people do to switch up the genre — everyone on this team, literally just everyone, just made it something so special.”
The wind-summoning Cyclone — aka Maxine Hunkel — is far from the most famous DC Comics character in Black Adam, but she bicycles onto the screen as the best dressed of them, from her striped stockings to her monkey backpack.
