How ‘Bombshell’ Prosthetic Makeup Designer Kazu Hiro Transformed Three A-Listers Into Well-Known Contemporary Figures — Production Value Video Series
A prosthetic makeup designer who gravitated toward hyperrealistic work early in his career, Kazu Hiro has established himself in recent years as perhaps the greatest artist working in this domain.
“Charlize is very realistic, and she doesn’t bullsh*t. She’s really honest; that’s the great thing about her. She knew what she would have to go through, and there have been so many experiences in my life where, once an actor’s on a show with makeup, and they’re required to sit in the chair, they say, ‘No, I’m not going to sit in the chair,’” Hiro adds. “It happens so many times; they don’t get it, how important it is to sit in the chair. But Charlize is really patient.
From the beginning, Theron knew that for a believable transformation into Megyn Kelly, a nose plug would be key. “The obvious difference is that Megyn Kelly’s nostril is much bigger than Charlize’s, so that was the first thing,” Hiro says. “To create the nose plug, I took a cast of the inside of her nose. From that, I made a 3D scan model of the inside shape, changed the shape on the computer, and printed out a nose plug, which has a handle, so that I can pull it in and out with tweezers.
While the designer’s transformation of Theron has gotten much of the attention this award season, he also had a huge job before him, with Roger Ailes. The process with Lithgow started with a six-piece fat suit, of four-time Oscar-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood’s design. “I’ve worked with her many times, and she wanted to design the body suits because she had to make suits that fit to that, anyway,” Hiro says, “and that would be much easier than waiting for me to finish the body suits.
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