The Makeup Process Behind Carey Mulligan s Transformation for Promising Young Woman
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As soon as Makeup Head Angie Wells received Emerald Fennell’s script for “Promising Young Woman,” she had notes to make. She noticed the different personas that Carey Mulligan’s Cassie goes through, especially when “she’s doing her hits; it wasn’t soft and pretty.”
Fennell’s film follows Cassie, who by day works in a coffee shop, and by night turns into avenging angel as she seeks revenge on the men who have caused her best friend unimaginable pain.
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One Night in Miami Makeup Artist on How He Created the Looks for Four Famous Faces
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Makeup head and prosthetics designer Scott Wheeler put four distinct transformations into Regina King’s “One Night in Miami.”
Wheeler, who is on the Academy shortlist for makeup and hairstyling, was tasked with re-creating four icons for the film: Cassius Clay, played by Eli Goree; Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge); Malcolm X, played by Kingsley Ben-Adir and Sam Cooke, played by Leslie Odom Jr.
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Wheeler and his team had four actors with different preferences about makeup and hair.
One Night In Miami s DP Tami Reiker On Recreating Muhammad Ali s Historic Fight
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The most important thing to director Regina King for her directorial debut on “One Night in Miami” was to have everything as historically accurate as possible.
Cinematographer Tami Reiker’s research bible was “Goat: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali” by Jeff Koons. Reiker whose credits include “The Old Guard” and “Beyond the Lights,” says this tome of Ali inspired her from the positioning of the cameras to selecting the lights she used to illuminate this historical recreation.
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As the title indicates, the film takes place one night in Miami and centers around several discussions between the real life figures and friends Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). It’s a what-if situation based on a real-life meeting. Nut none one knows wha
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Variety Partners With Women in Film to Honor Janelle Monae, H.E.R., Tami Reiker, Trish Summerville and Angie Wells
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Variety has partnered with Women in Film to celebrate artisans and women behind the camera.
Over the next week,
Variety will roll out one-to-one conversations with “Mank” costume designer Trish Summerville, “One Night in Miami” cinematographer Tami Reiker ASC, “Promising Young Woman” makeup head Angie Wells, singer and songwriter H.E.R and artist Janelle Monae. The conversations will be posted on Variety.com.
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On March 4, a live discussion will be streamed via Women in Film’s platforms.
“Once the pandemic hit, I had a little pout session,” says Regina King of viewers not being able to see her directorial debut in theaters as she’d intended. She was photographed Jan. 14 at The Paramour Estate in Silver Lake.
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Regina King Is Ready to Seize Her Moment: You Give Us a Little Window, We’re Going to Kick It All the Way Open
by Lacey Rose
February 17, 2021, 6:00am PST
In a frank discussion with fellow filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood, the One Night in Miami director who has been thrust into the awards conversation a year after claiming her best supporting actress Oscar opens up about ambition, success and how best to use her megaphone.