Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen at THE MINIATURE WIFE

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Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen came to the premiere of The Miniature Wife working two very different styles, but still manage to come off like most married straight couples we know when they get dressed up:

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He’s ready for the office and she’s ready to start a little trouble. We can’t say this show is enticing all that much except for the casting. They both have such a knack for dry sarcasm that we kind of want to watch just to see them play off each other.

Matthew Macfadyen
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Fashion-wise, it’s fine. It’s entirely too corporate for our tastes, but “corporate” is pretty much his style sweet spot. This is an actor destined to shoot many scenes in conference rooms and behind massive desks. Some guys just look like that. The frames are nice and we appreciate the grooming, but the outfit’s an afterthought.

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Elizabeth Banks in Simkhai
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Well, it’s been a chilly Spring so far so we suppose we can’t fault her for sporting the hottest red carpet trend of this past winter. We’ve seen more leather gowns on the red carpet in the last five months than we saw in the previous five years. We’re kind of over them at the moment, but this one is appealing. That capelet-yoke-poncho thingie is legitimately interesting and takes the design somewhere unexpected. It’s a design that doesn’t call for a lot of jewelry, but we’d have liked one big, kickass, industrial-looking statement piece, like a pewter cuff or some complicated earrings.

Style Credits:
Simkhai Black Dress from the Pre-Fall 2026 Collection
Styled by Karla Welch

ABOUT THE SERIES:
THE MINIATURE WIFE, based on the short story written by Manuel Gonzales, is a dramedy series examining the power (im)balances between spouses after a technological accident induces the ultimate relationship crisis.
Series Regulars: Elizabeth Banks, Matthew Macfadyen, O-T Fagbenle, Zoe Lister-Jones, Sian Clifford, Sofia Rosinsky
Recurring Cast: Ronny Chieng, Aasif Mandvi, Rong Fu, Tricia Black
Executive Producers: Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Boardwalk Empire, Goliath) serve as creators, showrunners and executive producers. Michael Aguilar (I’m Dying Up Here, Kidding, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels) and Suzanne Heathcote (The Crowded Room, Killing Eve) executive produce alongside Banks and Macfadyen. Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer executive produce for Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko). Greg Mottola (Superbad, The Daytrippers) directs episodes 101–102 and 107–108 and also serves as an executive producer.
THE MINIATURE WIFE is streaming April 9 on Peacock.

[Photo Credit: Todd Williamson/Peacock, Courtesy of Simkhai – Video Credit: Peacock/YouTube]

• Elizabeth Banks
• Jonathan Simkhai
• Karla Welch
• Matthew Macfadyen
• Peacock
• Simkhai
• The Miniature Wife
• TV Series Premiere