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CORSO: Initially, I was asked if I'd be interested in doing a make-
up on Bryan to turn him into LBJ and if I would meet with him
to discuss. For fun, I did a Photoshop mock-up depicting four
versions of the look on Bryan. The fi rst image was just make-
up and earlobe appliances, much like the stage version. For the
next I added a nose, next a chin and in the last frame, I added
cheeks and contact lenses. I presented those images to him and
he said, "Our plan is to play a lot of this movie close, more
intimate than we could ever do with the stage version, and if
you think you could pull off the last look in close-up, I would
love to go for that."
M: So, you and Bryan met, you showed him a concept, and
Bryan said, "Let's take it as far as you can." What's your next
phase?
C: Bryan and I sat down with Jay to see if he was okay with
going that far with prosthetics as he's had a lot of past expe-
rience with them. He was thrilled with the design but didn't
want to be limited in extreme close-ups. So I suggested we
do a test.
