Loki star Sophia Di Martino reveals how Sylvie’s costume was designed to make breastfeeding on set easier in new photo
LOKI actress Sophia Di Martino revealed her life as a new mom was taken into consideration when her character Sylvie’s costume was being designed.
The 37-year-old star shared a behind-the-scenes look at her outfit for the Disney+ series, showing how it had been altered to make breastfeeding her newborn on set easier.
Sophia, who plays a female going by the name of , revealed she gave birth in late 2019, just a few months before the “very beginning” of her Loki journey.
As a “working mama,” she said “it’s not easy” to do it all but her costume designer, Christine Wada, made it all go a bit smoother by creating a costume with Sophia’s need to breastfeed in mind.
Giving fans an insider’s look at the makeup of her ensemble, she shared: “#ChristineWada designed Sylvie’s costume and had the genius idea of adding concealed zippers for easy access.
"So that I could use my @elvie pumps easily and nurse my baby between takes.”
Sophia added: “It’s little (big) things like this that made it possible for me to do my job AND be a parent.
“I’m forever grateful 💖#supportworkingmoms.”
In mid-June, a few days after the Tom Hiddleston-led show premiered, the new mom shared a throwback photo of herself stretching out her muscles after an intense session with the show’s stunt team.
Sitting on the floor with a foam roller, Sophia snapped a shot of herself smiling in the mirror,.
“#tbt Feb 2020 in the @marvelstudios stunt gym,” the star captioned the shot. “The very beginning of my @officialloki journey and 4 months postpartum!”
She continued: “Hopeful, naive and VERY unfit! The incredible @sarah__irwin and the rest of the amazing stunt team had quite a job on their hands getting me into shape! 💚”
Sophia's character, who fans assumed to be , was revealed to be named Sylvie in the episode 3 of the Disney+ series.
Her case file named her as Sylvie Laufeydottir, and when Tom’s Loki came face to face with her, she confirmed this.
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Loki said: “I’m not calling some faded photocopy of me ‘Loki’,” and she replies “Good – ‘cause that’s not who I am anymore. I’m Sylvie now.”
After aired, fans noticed that in some international territories, Sophia's character was credited as Sylvie, while most others, the United States included, only credited her as The Variant.
The next installment of Loki – episode 5 – comes out on Disney+ on Wednesday, July 7.