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With the last leg of Mad Men’s final season fast approaching on April 5, the show’s mastermind Matthew Weiner sat down with CBS News host Anthony Mason Friday night to reflect on “the most expensive scrapbook ever made” of both the ‘60s and the last two decades of his life. Weiner spoke at the Museum of the Moving Image, which currently houses an in-depth exhibit on the creative process behind the show — from early scribbles in the ‘90s about a boy named Peter Whitman to a re-creation of the writers’ room where the finale was penned not too long ago. The show returns April 5, but in the meantime, here’s what we learned behind the scenes.Weiner had nightmares someone other than Jon Hamm had gotten the part.Weiner read 85 men for the part of Don Draper, but was set on Jon Hamm from his first reading: “He walked...

Whether it's sweatbands, preppy blazers or a severe coiffure, sartorial style is an important part of the director's vision

The costumes of Wes Anderson movies are as much a part of his unique visual world as his candy-coloured palettes and puffing toy train sets. In the Anderson domain, characters are defined by their clothes. They are impossibly cool, indifferent or outright peculiar – and so they lounge louchely in minidresses, knee socks, bowties and mid-20th century eyewear. They are almost always all-American in Brooks Brothers navy blazers and preppy club ties, fringed western attire and sportswear. And they sport Anderson's trademark symbolic visual tropes – red hats, yellow scarves, pyjamas and binoculars. In celebration of the release of The Grand Budapest Hotel, we present the five fashion heroes from Wes Anderson's films.

Peter Whitman (Adrien Brody) in The Darjeeling Limited, 2007

Like all the brothers, Peter Whitman wears the costume...

Adrien Brody found filming in India more of an exciting experience than his character did! Making Darjeeling Ltd with director Wes Anderson was a ‘personal journey’ for Adrien and co-stars Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman. ‘India was really great; we really had a chance to bond, and be on this adventure together, and I think it was because of how magical a place India is, and how welcome we were’. Adrien played father-to-be Peter Whitman, one of three brothers on a pretty madcap train journey through India, in search of enlightenment, among other things. ‘It’s rare that the actor’s journey, or my journey as a person, is as exciting as the character’s journey. It was genuinely exciting, both on-screen and off’. We can look forward to two more exciting films from the Pianist actor; co-starring with Penelope Cruz in Manolete and then Rachel Weisz in The Brothers Bloom...