56 • THE ARTISAN SUMMER 2021
A
s a big fan of the original Saved by the Bell
series, it was no small hurdle that my fi rst task
while up for the job was a hair test with Jessie
Spano herself, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren. To make it even
more fun, I had just had surgery about 2½ weeks before
meeting with Elizabeth. I basically did the hair test with
only one arm with full range of motion. I did not want
to give up the opportunity I was being considered for,
though, because I knew I would be fully healed by the
time we started shooting. Looking back, there was no
reason to worry. The hair test went so well, Elizabeth
and I became instant friends, fi nding ourselves on the
same page for the look that Jessie Spano should have as
a mature successful adult (but also still being Jessie). I
was thrilled when I received the phone call from executive
producer Franco Bario offering me the position.
SAVED BY THE BELL
B Y K I M B E R L Y B O Y E N G E R
D E P A R T M E N T H E A D H A I R
RINGS AGAIN
I soon met with Tracey Wigfi eld to start discussing each
character and their looks. We started with the original cast,
and how they would become more mature versions of who they
had been in high school. I immediately went to work designing
Mark-Paul Gosselaar's blond Zack Morris wig with the great
wig master, Rob Pickens from Wigmakers Associates. For
Slater (Mario Lopez) and Kelly (Tiffani Thiessen), little had
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