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I was excited to be asked to be
hair designer/department head
hair on the movie Love & Mercy,
directed by Bill Pohlad. I had
three weeks to do the prep and
camera tests for all the characters
in both sections of the fi lm. We
shot all of the early life of Brian
"Past" with Paul Dano in the
fi rst four weeks, and went on to
shoot the second half of Brian
"Future" with John Cusack for
the next three weeks. There was a
large cast for the fi rst section of
the movie which included Brian
Wilson, the Beach Boys, his fam-
ily, friends and other musicians
including the famous Wrecking
Crew, in the actual recording
studios in Hollywood where the
Beach Boys recorded from 1964
to the 1970s. We were fortu-
nate to have photos and genuine
footage from the period so as
to establish the authenticity of
both the principals and back-
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