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68 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2018 All the cast got made up in the same trailer that we shared between hair and make-up. It made sense that as the head of my department, I split it up so that I would mostly take care of the male cast because of all the blood and wounds, which of course, was very time-consuming. Connie took care of Cynthia and Dakota and the rest we split among the three of us. Connie changed the make-up of Cynthia throughout the movie. It didn't mean less make-up but more subtle and different choices of color palette to make the make-up appear more nude. Anne's approach for Cynthia's wigs was a look she easily could have done herself with a soft wave. She prepared mul- tiple wigs for the dry scenes, as well for the wet scenes, as it was not just a drizzle but an actual downpour in the parking lot. The little bows in the flashback scenes, Anne wanted to match the costumes. As all of those costumes were custom made by costume designer Danny Glicker. He was able to give Anne the fabric for the bows she made and added them to the wigs with the higher and larger profile. Chris Hemsworth joined the production later on and brought his all-time hairdresser Luca Vanella with him from Italy (Luca is now a Local 706 member). Chris's wigs were made in Italy and Luca cut them during the tests in Canada once we had access to Chris's costumes. At that time, Toby Lindala, make-up FX artist from Vancouver, joined the team. He created the cut nose and injuries for Chris during his fight in the gambling area of the motel. They were encapsulated silicone pieces and bond transfers for Jeff's welts and Chris's chest burn. The challenge on this particular project was continuity as the whole story played in only a few hours, therefore, taking pictures for placement of the wounds, glass and blood, as well as hair was very important. For Jeff's head wound, I used Third Degree. The placement was easier there as I had a couple go freckles as a guideline. Jeff dislikes fake facial hair. I prepared a beard for him anyway as I have learned over time that when it comes to mind and you think about it, then do it would be too late. It was better safe than sorry. Well, here we had a scene where Jeff has spent quite some time in jail and in order to tell time passed, I suggested that floater beard (that is a beard made without lace), as a lot of actors feel that lace is restricting their facial movement. Reluctantly, he agreed and to my surprise, he loved it and even said that he could see himself doing a whole movie like this. Coming from Jeff, that is big! With Jeff, it was more about his hair style rather than his haircut. As we know that he has a past, I cut it more to his real character with the idea that he would then comb it in a priestly manner. The Vietnam flashback scene was moved to shooting in Los Angeles, as was the beach scene when Billy meets Rose. Originally, the Vietnam scenes were going to be shot in Thailand but only with a very small crew involved, neither hair nor make-up department artists were going to go. For me it was of course, great news. Barbara Lorenz ran the hair department for the California shoot. I had heard so much about her over the years and finally got to meet her. Beate Petruccelli replaced Connie here in California to take care of Dakota and Caley's make- up as there was no direct continuity in that sense, still some of the carefully placed BG had to look recognizable to match what Anne had established hair-wise in Vancouver with Billy Lee's (Chris Hemsworth) posse. Drew had asked for guts for the dead and wounded Vietnam soldiers. So it was very last minute and budgeted to have me come up with my "sheets of guts." I put any- thing that looked like guts, from tripe to lung, to sausages in a 15"x15" box and made an Ultracal mold from it. Once they were cleaned with bleach and alcohol, I then poured Slip Latex into the form. Painted with Illustrator and added blood and sheen to these sheets that made the perfect "guts" for what we needed. Wherever costumes would leave an opening or cut big junky holes into the uniforms, we could then fill them with a piece of guts in no time at all. As we were shooting up north toward Lancaster, we got a really great team from our Local 706 members together to get those dead soldiers muddy, bloody and ready. We shot that movie in 50 and some days. I think it was incredible considering how much effort and work went into it. • From left: Cynthia Erivo; Chris Hemsworth brandishing a weapon