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48 • THE ARTISAN WINTER 2020 make-up on top of appliances made everything even harder. The original sculpture I did for Nicole was her nose, chin and cheeks since Gretchen has a rounder face compared to Nicole. But Nicole and Jay discussed it and we decided to eliminate the cheek pieces. This made the application much trickier. Decisions on both female designs were brave and challenging ones. I would typically avoid using this kind of small appliance in the middle of a female face. But for this film, it was unavoidable. This is a serious story filled with subtle acting and a lot of close-up shots, so it was necessary to get it perfect. As for the other characters, John Lithgow was another big challenge. Jay was clear he did not want to diminish John acting under the make-up. He wanted to keep all of the characters subtle but with enough effect to show the essence of each person they are portraying. To begin with, since Roger Ailes was a much larger man than John, he would need to gain a lot of weight. Our amazing costume designer Colleen Atwood made a bodysuit for John at the same time that I was designing his make-up. Since our budget was somewhat limited, it was also important that all Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson The Fox News team, standing from left: Spencer Garrett as Sean Hannity, Tony Plana as Geraldo Rivera, Michael Buie as Bret Baier, and (far right) Anne Ramsay as Greta Van Susteren. Gretchen Carlson