Many stars took things to the next level when they turned to roles in 2024's biggest movies.
Cynthia Erivo He spent many hours painting green to play Elphaba, also known as the Wicked Witch of the West evil. “It will take about two hours and 45 minutes to four hours depending on how much we were doing before we started filming,” the actress explained in her speech. diverse's “Actors on actors” conversation. with Angelina Jolie In December.
Erivo said “everything” was painted green, from her hands to her “entire head.” Finishing details included green contacts, green fingernails, and freckles.
“I wanted it because I also wanted to see the transformation. I wanted to see someone green,” she said, noting that some people on set had never seen her outside of her Elphaba makeup. “I would walk on set and it would be the first time “Where they meet me as Elphaba, but they wouldn't meet me as Cynthia at all because I had to start (with makeup) before we rehearsed.”
The surprise of seeing her in green is something Erivo said added to her performance and that of her fellow actors. “I loved it because it meant that when we started filming, it was her, and they didn't know anything but her,” she told Jolie. “So their reactions were always ‘genuine’.”
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