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38 • THE ARTISAN FALL 2024 TORNADO-7 B Y A L E X A N D R A F O R D H A I R S T Y L I S T on this challenging show stepped up. Our director, Lee Isaac Chung, was a pleasure and was open to communication and collaboration. I'd like to name some of our additional hair stylists … if you ever end up in Oklahoma: Laura Casey (OK), Shelly D'Apolito (OK), John Parker (OK), Rae Busby (TX), Beth Lloyd (TX), Rosa Medrano (TX), Mylan Andres Medrano (TX), Kathy Miller (TX), Chase Heard (NM), Crystal Broedel (ATL), Amy Wood (ATL), and Victor Paz (ATL). • flashbacks where we used extensions on Daisy Edgar-Jones (Kate) and on Anthony Ramos (Javi). Anthony had his personal hair and make-up artist, Galaxy San Juan, who was a pleasure to meet and work with. We had a large second unit going most days with Chelsey Fiske as key and Charmaine Richards as the main team, both out of Austin, Texas. All our actors had two or three stunt or/and photo double wigs and sometimes dummies. Our main trailer cut and prepared those with Chelsey and Charmaine doing an amazing job of keeping the continuity, cleaning, applying, and maintaining all those dirty, dusty wigs. I thank them. We also had to make dummies of five of our stunt players and we had a fun red wig we did for the rodeo clown and his double. It's always a mystery when you go on location and need to hire locals. Everyone As a native Oklahoman, I grew up very familiar with tornados and, of course, the blockbuster movie Twister, directed by Jan de Bont. To be a part of the new Twisters movie was a dream for me. I was fortunate enough to come in as 3rd hair stylist under the leadership of Department Head Hair Gloria Casny and Asst. Dept. Head Hair Jules Holdren. We were a dream team. As a Local 706 member, I have the skills and experience to be a solid asset to the hair team and as a member of IATSE Local 484, I was able to help the team find local Oklahoma hair stylists to help us pull off the show. It was a pleasure to work alongside my brothers and sisters of both locals. Inside the trailer, which we named Tornado-7, we prepped and worked hard! Each cast member had two working stunt double wigs. I made two long-locked wigs with felting needles, some pre- locked hair and some straight from Afro Tech hair, all twisted and locked together with wax. e wigs were a great match for our main cast. I also spent time coloring multiple John Blake wigs to match various actors. For our lead actress, Daisy Edgar-Jones, I also added extensions to help bring brightness to her stunt-double wig. On a day-to-day basis, basecamp was generally in a dirt lot in the middle of a field. I navigated keeping my actors happy, yet, looking like they've been through a tornado. It was a challenge finding a happy medium of wet to dry hair with debris and grime while keeping it realistic. I made it a priority to make the wind-blown, wild hairdos manageable for the actors, and they were all so great to work with and we made it fun. Being a part of Twisters as an Oklahoman and getting to work in my hometown on this great movie will be one of my favorite and most special projects of my career. I can't wait to see it this summer. • Jules Holdren with Glen Powell and his dog, Brisket. Below: Dummy wig matching Stunt hair Jules, Miki Caporusso, and Alex Ford, with stunt wigs