How ‘The Green Knight’ Makeup Team Transformed Actor Ralph Ineson
Carlos Aguilar The eponymous mythical entity in David Lowery’s Arthurian reinterpretation “The Green Knight” was as tactile on set as it appears on screen. Imposing and oaken, this embodiment of the unknown (death and nature) is played by actor Ralph Ineson (“The Witch”) with masterful prosthetics from seasoned makeup effects artist Barrie Gower (“Game of Thrones”) and his team at BGFX, the London-based company he co-founded with his wife Sarah Gower.Gower was unfamiliar with the tale of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” before Lowery approached him.