Check Out The Incredible Makeup Design of Deadpool 2

Earlier today we published our interview with Deadpool 2 makeup designer Bill Corso, and now, we’re sharing some brand new behind-the-scenes images that showcase the incredible work he and his team did. The most obvious—and crucial—makeup design was making sure Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) was just as hideous as we remember him from 2016’s Deadpool, but Reynolds asked Corso ...

By The Credits  |  May 21, 2018

Interview

Hair/Makeup

Deadpool 2‘s Makeup Designer Bill Corso on Creating Wade’s Brutal Face

Makeup designer Bill Corso earned an Emmy Award nomination for crafting jowls and big ears for Bryan Cranston so he could look like President Lyndon Johnson in All the Way. But more often, Corso traffics in the realm of the fantastical as he does with Deadpool 2. Re-teaming with star Ryan Reynolds, Corso devised the ...

By Hugh Hart  |  May 21, 2018

Interview

Hair/Makeup Special/Visual Effects

Oscar-Nominated SFX Makeup Artist Arjen Tuiten on the Immense Responsibility of Working on Wonder

As part of our Oscars week coverage, we’re re-posting our conversations with some of this year’s Oscar-nominees, while publishing new interviews throughout the week. Wonder makeup SFX artist Arjen Tuiten is nominated for Makeup & Hairstyling. Also nomianted are Kazuhiro Tsjuji, David Malinowski & Lucy Sibbick (Darkest Hour) and Daniel Phillips & Lou Sheppard (Victoria Abdul).  The last time ...

By Bryan Abrams  |  March 2, 2018

Interview

Hair/Makeup

How I, Tonya‘s Makeup Department Head Helped Craft one of the Best Scenes in 2017

Arguably the most emotionally riveting moment in the hit film I, Tonya, happens in front of a makeup mirror. The movie chronicles the life of figure skater Tonya Harding, who was implicated in a vicious assault on her rival skater Nancy Kerrigan shortly before the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. In the scene, Harding, ...

By  |  January 10, 2018

Interview

Hair/Makeup Special/Visual Effects

Oscar Watch: SFX Makeup Artist Arjen Tuiten on the Immense Responsibility of Working on Wonder

The last time we spoke to special effects makeup artist Arjen Tuiten, he was explaining the laborious but successful transformation of Woody Harrelson into our 36th president, Lyndon Baines Johnson, for Rob Reiner’s LBJ. Working alongside makeup designer Ve Neil, Tuiten crafted new teeth, ears, age spots, freckles, and jowls for Harrelson. Becoming LJB also ...

By  |  January 4, 2018