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48 • THE ARTISAN SUMMER 2022 ALL PHOTOS: NICOLE WILDER/PARAMOUNT+ "L ook … we wanna make a movie…'' says Miles Teller (playing Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy) for Paramount+'s new series e Oer. Now, 50 years aer that classic's triumphant release in March 1972, e Oer is the limited event series about the making of e Godfather—the movie almost never made. It is based on the extraordinary, never-revealed experiences of the making of the most highly regarded and seminal piece of cinema history. e series stars Miles Teller as Albert S. Ruddy, Matthew Goode as Robert Evans, Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt, Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo, Dan Fogler as Francis Ford Coppola, Burn Gorman as Charles Bluhdorn and Colin Hanks as Barry Lapidus. Led by our fearless showrunner, Nikki Toscano, and executive producer Russell Rothberg, we were provided a creatively free envi- ronment which allowed us as department heads—Katy Fray (make- up) and Renée Vaca (hair)—to design the looks for each character. With an iconic lm as our inspiration and the limited resources of a television series, we were excited and challenged to take on this epic journey. It was a daunting task to be honest—"Let's recreate the most beloved lm in the history of cinema!!! It'll be ne!!!" We were put at ease by our incredible producing team and the overall positive and creative atmosphere, who allowed us to do what- ever it took to get the job done. We trusted the process, the art, our talent, and our skills to con- nect, create, and work together as a team. e trust the producers had in our abilities and opinions, especially pertaining to the period, Top row, l-r: Miles Teller as Al Ruddy; Giovanni Ribisi as Joe Colombo; Matthew Goode as Robert Evans. Below: Juno Temple as Bettye McCartt THE OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE BY KATY FRAY | DEPARTMENT HEAD MAKE-UP, & RENÉE VACA | DEPARTMENT HEAD HAIR