Local 706 - The Artisan

Spring 2022

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THEARTISAN SPRING 2022 • 51 W hen I received the phone call from Department Head Hair Jessi Dean to be her key hair stylist for Candyman, I immediately felt a huge amount of honor and a lot of pressure. Being an iconic film based out of Chicago, the original film had a major impact on my upbringing in Chicago and sparked many artists like myself to pursue a career in film. As a child, when people chanted "Candyman" five times, I would run. I've never played with his name at all; it even scares me writing it out here now. While working on this film, I would leave the room when any cast started to chant "Candyman" more than five times. Everyone on set knew—if Ryan Burrell was in the room, he was leaving before they called "action!" on these scenes! The artistic vision for the hair styling in this Candyman was directly pulled from different areas of Chicago. Writer/director Nia DaCosta had a clear vision for what she wanted Candyman himself, Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), to look like on screen and had a huge influence on how we styled his haircut. B Y R Y A N B U R R E L L | K E Y H A I R S T Y L I S T For looks inspired by "hipsters" and young educated Black men, Jessi and I traveled to various barbershops in the Bronzeville area of the South Side of Chicago. As a Black man, it was important to me for us to have a full-time barber on sta. Black men tend to grow facial hair quickly aer getting a trim or cut, oen causing ingrowns. So it was very important for Yahya's facial hair to be maintained daily for the health of his skin. We wanted to get a true feel of the cur- rent looks being created and sought out local barber, John "JayBee" Bivins. With his lm experience, he developed the asymmetric tapered silhouette with the signature part and used Andis Speed Master for keeping the shape, Wahl Razor Edger liner for a sharp clean part and beard, Andis Slimline Pro Li to keep his hairline clean and Wahl Chrome Style Pro for tapering and fading. is iconic shape sets Anthony McCoy apart from the other Candyman characters shown CANDYMAN BEWARE THE PHOTOS©UNIVERSALSTUDIOSEXCEPTASNOTED

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