How ‘The Deliverance’ Transformed Glenn Close Into a Demon-Possessed Monster
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor SPOILER ALERT:This article discusses plot points in “The Deliverance,” now playing on Netflix. “Nothing says evil like black sclera contact lenses.” That was the key to Glenn Close’s devil-possessed transformation in Lee Daniels’ “The Deliverance.” In addition to the special lenses, Close spent four hours in the makeup chair, with special effects makeup artist Jason Collins at the helm.
Based on a true story, “The Deliverance” follows Ebony (Andra Day), a single mother taking care of her three kids (Caleb McLaughlin, Demi Singleton and Anthony B.
Jenkins) and sick mother Alberta (Close) in a new house that seems to be haunted. As the story unfolds, the characters are tormented by demons.
Alberta, who is undergoing chemo for cancer, gets possessed by the devil and becomes almost unrecognizable. With the possession coming towards the end, Collins didn’t just want to slap prosthetics on Close and lose the actress under all that makeup. “You want to identify that it’s Alberta.
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