Sasha Urban editorIn an Emmys season of some truly memorable transformations on screen, Emmy Rossum leading the cast of Peacock’s “Angelyne” may be the most mind-boggling.The legendary billboard queen of Los Angeles is well-known for her larger-than-life appearance, with breasts, hair and makeup that could only be rivaled by a Barbie doll or drag queen.
That is, until Rossum stepped into the role.She sat in the makeup chair for upwards of five hours on some shoot days and embodied the icon over six decades, with each time period requiring a totally different set of accouterments.
Those included individual prosthetics on her cheeks, chin, lips, nose, forehead, eyelids, breasts and neck. Even her ear lobes required their own unique pieces.
Although it sounds like a lot (hundreds of pieces, to be exact), prosthetic designer Vincent Van Dyke told Variety he appreciated the challenge of transforming Rossum without it being obvious how much work went into the process. “Those are my favorite moments as a prosthetic artist, to be able to step in and do something undetectable … where somebody may not even realize that there are prosthetics involved there to help that situation,” Van Dyke said. “But they’re there and make a big impact.”The hours-long makeup process may sound daunting, but makeup department head Kate Biscoe commended Rossum for making it enjoyable.“I have to say, we ended up having a lot of fun,” Biscoe said. “She kept us supplied with Starbucks and had podcasts and did operatic vocal exercises … We would have these little markers. ‘Oh, is it Starbucks time?
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