The materials at his disposal?
Mortician’s wax, putty, spirit gum, and grease paint.
Today, the tool kit has evolved.
Klum and Film Strips: Getty Images. Theron: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Lionsgate. Portman: Fox Searchlight Pictures. De Niro: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. All: Everett Collection. Frankenstein: Universal Pictures. Dracula: George Rinhart/Corbis. All: Getty Images.. Schwarzenegger: Bill Corso. Chastain: Searchlight Pictures.
His kit went beyond lip liner.
The makeup took two and a half hours to complete each day.
Without credits, you would never know it is Theron in the role.
Charline Theron as Megyn Kelly inBombshell
Every pore is hand-sculpted and the final product is airbrushed to appear imperfect, like real skin.
After three to four hours in the makeup trailer, the actors start their shoot day.
“Aging makeups are the highest echelon of difficulty.
Mahershala Ali inTrue Detective
“Hes wearing prosthetic cheeks to fill in his eye bags and smooth his cheeks out.”
(yo do not try this at home.)
Now, the bridge between special effects and visual effects (like computer-generated imagery, a.k.a.
Courtesy of Prosthetic Renaissance Inc.
CGI) is getting shorter.
Doubtfire, andEd Woodand will soon open Legends Makeup Academy in Studio City.
“CGI is also great for blood work it saves time for cleanup between shots.”
Taylor Swift’s transformation for “The Man”
Actors often like being in makeup to enhance their performance, though, says Neill.
But even when actual physical makeup is doing the heavy lifting, CGI can still come into play.
After a scene wraps there’s often a digital hair, makeup, and dermatology session.
Courtesy of Bill Corso
Everything was prosthetic, including the legs Tyler bared in the videos tennis match.
They were prosthetic sleeves based on the legs of an actual tennis pro, says Corso.
They were painted silicone with hair punched in and were worn like knee pads.
“I venture to make everything flawlessly real so it can be filmed in close-up,” says Marino.
They didn’t have visual effects to fix their work, so why should I?
This story originally appeared in Allure’s December/January 2022 issue.
Read more stories on makeup magic here:
Now, watch Nina Dobrev do her own 10-minute routine:
