Brett Schmidt: Prosthetic makeup is an additive process. So you can only add; you can't take away. Narrator: But when you look at a wound, you're supposed to be looking into the body. The ...
Van Dyke compares the process of applying prosthetics, wigs, contact lenses and makeup to a tedious surgery that can last five hours. “It’s a very grueling process for the actor,” he says.
These prostheses had to be applied to Theron every day, a process that usually took close to three hours. Theron did wear prosthetic pieces, but makeup products also helped alter the way her face ...