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his mouth and hollowed out his cheeks and also highlighted them, using Dermacolor foundation because it stayed on. She extended his brow line, pulling them down at the ends as well. I had my key, Anna Maria, give Mark a Brazilian Blowout to straighten his very curly hair. I gave him a corporate haircut, similar to Rob Bilott's. I blow dried with a vent brush, and shaped his hair with a very small flat iron. The movie took place between 1998 and 2015 so I used Bluebird's dark hair palette to darken it in the early years and and Reel Hair silver hair palette to age it in the later years. This became challeng- ing as we would jump back-and-forth, sometimes several times a day and I would have to do it quickly on set, as we were working against tight time restraints. I removed the old color with 99 percent alcohol and Wet Ones, and reapplied whatever color was appropriate ... with a crew waiting. That was fun. Obviously, this was not a precise science and I crossed my fingers and sent a prayer to the hair gods every time! Anne Hathaway played Rob Bilott's wife, Sarah, and she wore three wigs that were made by Peter Owen. Morgan worked closely with the wigmaker to ensure that the color, texture, and density were correct. She styled them with various irons and she pulled from research pics to portray the differ- ent time periods. She also met the real-life Sarah Bilott so she could get a genuine sense of her style. Patricia did her make- up, using colors of the late '90s. Sarah was very fond of Mac's Marrakesh lipstick. Bill Camp played Wilbur Tennant, the farmer who first approached Bilott with evidence that DuPont was poisoning his cows. His look evolved very last minute and it was an organic process. In retrospect, I might have done it differently to cut down on time, but those are the things we sometimes learn after the fact! I cut Bill's hair and Patricia created a pair of eyebrows from an old pair of Manlio Rocchetti sideburns. She ventilated some long white hairs into them. We decided I would do his sideburns and I painstakingly painted in white hair with white permanent magic markers and I extended that color a bit through the sides and back. I then used a bit of hair spray for the sheen. If any of you have worked with Bill Camp, you know he's quite the chameleon and a sweetheart of a man. He studied the deposition tapes of the real Wilbur Tennant and transformed himself into the farmer who started this whole ball rolling against DuPont. He was so convincing that people wept on set at his performance. Mare Winningham played Darlene Kiger, another real-life player in the story. She only worked a few days so production didn't really have the budget for a custom wig for her. I used a John Blake wig and thinned it out, cut it, darted and sewed it for a tighter fit. Mare is allergic to all glues, so that was a challenge, especially with a wig that didn't have a custom fit. We just did some very precise and strategic anchoring and pinning. All in all, I think it worked out. Many of the actors that Todd cast were local. My crew did a lot of coloring, cutting and perming to take them back to the '90s and I was gob-smacked that they let us do it. I mean these looks are not pretty... The local crew really had to think outside the box and study the research. They all were unfailingly pleasant and hardworking. I'm not sure if it's the midwestern hospitality and work ethic, but I felt like I really lucked out with these gals. Every once in a while, you come across a project that means something, a story that needs to be told. Those usually don't include a lot of money, but we do other projects for the pay- check. I'm really proud to be a part of this movie, it was told with such sensitivity and heart. I loved working with Todd Haynes and Mark Ruffalo and all the other amazing actors. Please go see it, and throw out all your Teflon pans while you're at it! You'll know why.• Bill Camp (left) and Anne Hathaway