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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Maestro Makeup: Watch Bradley Cooper Transform Into Leonard Bernstein
www.thewrap.com: Kazu Hiro is fast on his way to becoming one of the most celebrated craftsmen in Hollywood. The prosthetic makeup designer, two-time Oscar winner (for “Darkest Hour” and “Bombshell”), and recent New Yorker magazine subject is in the awards race again.
2 comments:
Ana Schroeder
said...
This is absolutely remarkable. I remember reading an article months ago about the controversy of the nose prosthetic, however, I didn't remember how mind-blowing the age prosthetics were. I think seeing them in a video where the actor is talking as himself versus embodying the character throughout the different ages is really what shows the incredible versatility of the actor as well as the effectiveness of the prosthetic. I have genuinely watched this video three times in a row, and I can't do anything but shake my head because there is no way that's the same actor. I found it wild that the youngest look still took two hours and fifteen minutes to complete every day. I wonder how heavy all of the prosthetics were for the oldest stage, where they said he had, essentially, a full-body suit. I liked the comment about making sure it didn't look like an SNL sketch. I thought that was pretty funny.
This is so impressive. I have never been interested much in the makeup or hairstyling departments of production but this is still incredible. I found the comment about testing the makeup to make sure it didn’t look like a Saturday Night Live sketch to be funny but interesting. SNL’s makeup and hair are not well known for being the most fantastic makeup ever done but they do have the respect of the industry for doing all the makeup and hair for the actors and comedians during the show's commercial breaks. I have seen many pictures and clips from Maestro that have made my jaw drop at the detail work on Bradley Copper’s face. I also commend Cooper for being dedicated to accepting a role with this much work; I can't even imagine how long he spent sitting in the makeup chair for this role or how uncomfortable the makeup must have been. olf
2 comments:
This is absolutely remarkable. I remember reading an article months ago about the controversy of the nose prosthetic, however, I didn't remember how mind-blowing the age prosthetics were. I think seeing them in a video where the actor is talking as himself versus embodying the character throughout the different ages is really what shows the incredible versatility of the actor as well as the effectiveness of the prosthetic. I have genuinely watched this video three times in a row, and I can't do anything but shake my head because there is no way that's the same actor. I found it wild that the youngest look still took two hours and fifteen minutes to complete every day. I wonder how heavy all of the prosthetics were for the oldest stage, where they said he had, essentially, a full-body suit. I liked the comment about making sure it didn't look like an SNL sketch. I thought that was pretty funny.
This is so impressive. I have never been interested much in the makeup or hairstyling departments of production but this is still incredible. I found the comment about testing the makeup to make sure it didn’t look like a Saturday Night Live sketch to be funny but interesting. SNL’s makeup and hair are not well known for being the most fantastic makeup ever done but they do have the respect of the industry for doing all the makeup and hair for the actors and comedians during the show's commercial breaks. I have seen many pictures and clips from Maestro that have made my jaw drop at the detail work on Bradley Copper’s face. I also commend Cooper for being dedicated to accepting a role with this much work; I can't even imagine how long he spent sitting in the makeup chair for this role or how uncomfortable the makeup must have been.
olf
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