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21 Anthony Mackie, who portrays Martin Luther King, is shown with Cranston as LBJ. The real Martin Luther King and LBJ are shown in the black-and-white photo. Photo: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/HBO work but we went ahead and made some eyelids overnight from sculptures I banged out in the trailer and Andy molded and cast overnight, so we could try them fi rst thing in the morning. Once we put them on, we just decided to go with it! Now, with Bryan looking so much like LBJ, the question arose, are we gonna do prosthetics on Anthony Mackie to make him look like Martin Luther King (MLK)? Anthony arrived to us midway through the production so prep time with him was very limited. Jay and I discussed his look at great length and we both thought if we tried to add pros- thetics, it might be more distracting and act as a hindrance as opposed to a benefi t. Our plan was to then just enhance Anthony with a nice character make-up. You guys helped tremendously by affecting his brows. M: Based on the research, we lightened his brows multiple times to get just the right color tone. Anthony has very expressive eyes and the second we took away his brows, you didn't see Anthony Mackie as you usually would, you looked at other features. We also changed his hairline by adding hair in the widow's peak and adjusted his temples to broaden his forehead a little bit. Brian Andrew Tunstall gave him an excellent cut and did some great work on him. C: In fact, lightening and thinning his eyebrows helped quite a bit because he has very heavy full eyebrows. It was Anthony's genius idea to fi x the gap in his teeth, which MLK did not have. So we fi xed the gap. We highlighted his nose to make it look a little wider, we darkened his beard tone because MLK always had this beard shadow and actually gave his skin a lot more texture. Frank Perez mixed up this thick texture base that he would use to give Anthony more texture and even added little skin tags to give him more fl aws and character. Then of course, the iconic moustache. M: Let's talk about Fannie Lou Hamer (FLH). C: You and I met Aisha Hinds, who plays Fannie Lou Hamer, and her performance is amazing and what you did with her was amazing. Aisha is this stunning, extremely fi t bald woman who's going to play this raw heavy-set woman with a hard life. You