Turning Dwayne Johnson into ‘The Smashing Machine’ Required a New Brow Bone, a Prosthetic Eyelid and a Whole Lot of Tattoo Removal

Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro details his process, right down to learning the actors’ sweat patterns and using seven ...

The Rock, who? How prosthetics helped Dwayne Johnson completely disappear as Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine”

Oscar-nominated special makeup effects artist and prosthetic designer Kazu Hiro details Johnson's transformation into MMA ...

How Makeup Artist Kazu Hiro Turned The Rock Into The Smashing Machine

The Oscar-winning craftsman breaks down Dwayne Johnson's transformation in "The Smashing Machine" and why he's left genre ...
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What We Do in the Shadows Prosthetic Makeup Designer Talks Career

Few could have imagined living the dream the way prosthetics makeup designer Paul Jones has from meeting the legends he grew up watching, working with him, and becoming one himself in his field with ...
Variety

‘The Pitt’ Makeup Team Used Medical Training Websites to Create Realistic Blood and Prosthetics

“The Pitt” might well be one of the bloodiest shows on TV. Throughout its 15 episodes, there are heart attacks and medical abortions. There’s a patient, dressed as a clown, who has his arm drilled ...
AOL

Bill Skarsgård’s ‘Nosferatu’ Transformation: Six Hours of Makeup, a 62-Piece Prosthetic, a Bushy Mustache and More Count Orlok Secrets Revealed

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains mild spoilers about “Nosferatu,” now playing in theaters. Robert Eggers’ horror film “Nosferatu” has been getting high praise for its craft, from the costumes to ...
Vulture

My Favorite Teeth

Transforming an actor’s teeth for a TV or movie project, says Tony Gardner of animatronic and prosthetic makeup-effects studio Alterian, Inc., is like a magic trick. No matter how big the literal ...
Backstage

Making Bodies, Boobs + Blood Look Real in ‘The Substance’

In “The Substance,” writer-director Coralie Fargeat turns her lens on toxic beauty standards and takes body horror to new, visceral extremes. The film follows former fitness star Elisabeth Sparkle ...