Nicolas Cage is unrecognizable because the title character within the horror film Longlegs. Key particular results make-up artist Felix Fox, key make-up artist Madelaine Hermans and key hairstylist Kristin Chaar labored 2½ hours daily to rework Cage into the satanic serial killer.
“There was about 4 designs,” Fox stated. “What they settled on after we examined on was that we might go slightly bit extra excessive.”
Fox stated the unique ideas had been much less pale white and fewer cosmetically altered. The ultimate Longlegs pays homage to Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera, she stated. Moreover, they needed to age Longlegs from the Nineteen Seventies to the ‘90s.
“He has two appears for it,” Fox continued. “One is the ‘70s and one is with extra of the sweetness make-up, slightly little bit of blue eyeshadow.”
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Rock stars additionally offered inspiration for Longlegs.
“One of many references that [writer/director] Oz [Perkins] introduced in early was Bob Dylan within the Rolling Thunder Revue,” Fox stated. “Personally, Marc Bolan from T. Rex. There have been really quite a lot of musician references occurring in our minds. And geisha as properly. The entire ritualistic reparation of the geisha expertise and make-up was large.”
Chaar stated Bolan impressed the Longlegs wig, which she credited to Vancouver wig maker Stacey Butterworth. Chaar additionally did hair for the feminine character. Alicia Witt performs Ruth Harker, aged up within the ’90s scenes. She constructed Witt’s hair from a 24-inch colorless wig. Her earlier look got here from a TV comedy.
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“I did draw quite a lot of inspiration from Kitty from That 70’s Present to essentially signify the ‘70s,” Chaar stated. “Hair did play an enormous half within the ’70s.”
Hermans utilized the growing older make-up to Witt.
“We might do some particular results to create the wrinkles and make all the things uninteresting,” Hermans stated. “Oz wished to make her colorless, just like the life was sucked out of her by Longlegs and the satanic expertise. There was quite a lot of powder.”
Maika Monroe, taking part in Ruth’s daughter, FBI agent Lee Harker, wanted little or no enhancement by Harmans.
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“Maika has wonderful pores and skin already and exquisite eyebrows and eyelashes,” Harmans stated. “We had been actually specializing in skincare once more and no protection, very mild protection, no concealer. We wished to have the ability to see a few of the darker shade beneath her eyes. I don’t even assume I put mascara on her. She bought her eyelashes tinted and we had been like, ‘That’s excellent.’”
Longlegs is now obtainable on VOD, DVD, Blu-ray and 4K UHD from Neon.
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