Charlize Theron‘s nearly identical transformation intoMegyn Kellyfor the upcoming movieBombshelltook a lot more than just slipping into a costume.
In a recent interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, the 44-year-old actress, who stars in the Jay Roach-directed Fox News drama, attributed her impeccable change in appearance to “very intricate work.”
Theron told the outlet she worked with “the greatest [special effects makeup artist], Kazu Hiro,” an Academy Award winner for Best Makeup and Hairstyling forDarkest Hourand nominee for his work onNorbitandClick.
“It’s really hard to get him to do new stuff,” she explained.
“But I did a lot of begging and he came on and designed eight [prosthetic] pieces for me,” Theron said, adding that two of them “basically covered my entire eyelids.”
She continued that Hiro’s work was especially “intricate,” adding it was the kind of “intricate work where you still need to be able to do what you need to do, like blink.”
Theron became nearly unidentifiable under her Kelly disguise — so much so, that even her co-starNicole Kidman, who plays former anchorGretchen Carlson, didn’t recognize her on set.
“She just came up to me and she was like ‘Charlize?’ and then I said, ‘Yes are you mad at me?’” Theron added. “She said, ‘No I just didn’t know that was you!”
Charlize Theron inBombshell.Lionsgate
The film was screened for the first time in Los Angeles on Oct. 13 and critics are already praising the film and its famous leading ladies.
“BOMBSHELL will make a convincing case for the VICE slot in the Best Picture race,”Kyle BuchananofThe New York Timeswrote on Twitter, later adding, “Margot Robbie should see supporting-actress heat for BOMBSHELL, which gives her a meaty arc from true-believer to potential whistleblower. But the film may also catch heat for the character, since she’s a fictional composite handed the film’s most significant sex-harassment scene.”
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Even more called on nominations for Theron and her “uncanny” performance of Kelly, whichleft some viewers “awestruck.”
“Charlize Theron is remarkable as Megyn Kelly. She disappears into the part, owns the movie,”Sasha Stone ofAwards Daily Newswrote. “The cast of characters are hilariously Fox. Like Game Change and Recount ish. #bombshell”
Bombshellhits theaters December 20.
source: people.com
