by Joel Harrison
29. January 2012 10:59
Leonardo DiCaprio is really difficult to recognize, wearing thick make-up and coloured contact lenses in his latest film, J. Edgar.
In order to play the aging FBI director, the actor had to spend six-seven hours a day in make-up. Apart from different prosthetic elements (fake teeth, a bald cap, a nostril-reshaping device, body pads), DiCaprio had to wear not one but two pair of coloured contact lenses. The first pair changed his eye colour from blue to brown, and the second one – placed on top of the first one – yellowed the whites of his eyes, making them look much older.
The makeup process was very complex, because the film presents J. Edgar Hoover’s entire career from his 20s to his 70s. The director of J. Edgar, Clint Eastwood, wanted DiCaprio to look as similar to Hoover as possible and was really satisfied with the effects of the make-up team’s work.
The film premiered on 3rd November and will open in the UK on 20th January 2012.
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