The film's hair and makeup team break down how they transformed the cast into Fox News Anchors. For Bombshell 's lead actresses Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie, their transformations into Fox News anchors Megyn Kelly, Gretchen Carlson, and the fictional Kayla Pospisil, respectively, didn't just stop at getting into costume and putting on a bit of makeup. To play the famous real-life newscasters, both Theron and Kidman wore a number of facial prosthetics and wigs.
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Charlize Theron, master of metamorphosis, has relied on food and fake teeth for her signature onscreen transformations. She donned dramatic dentures as convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, and drank two two! But the secret sauce to Theron's chameleonic transformation in Bombshell, Jay Roach's buzzy new drama about the Fox News sexual harassment scandal , is Hollywood hyperrealist Kazu Hiro. His cosmetic artistry, which picked up an Oscar nomination on Monday, is so true-to-life that theater-goers literally forgot they were watching Theron onscreen. Charlize Theron deserves for Bombshell. I watched over the weekend and there was a moment where I forgot she was an actress playing Megyn Kelly and not actual Megyn Kelly. Hiro says he couldn't have asked for a better reaction.
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This is a shot of Charlize Theron in Bombshell. Put the two side by side, and it's extremely difficult to tell the difference. Viewers were certainly fooled. This transformation was a triumph in makeup and prostheses, especially when considering the fact that the film's prosthetic makeup designer, Kazu Hiro, said that turning an actor into a real person can be the most difficult task a makeup artist faces, as the audience already has an image in their head of what that person should look like. So, what made this especially difficult? And why was getting a cast of the inside of Charlize Theron's nose a key part of the process? Kazu Hiro is no stranger to turning actors into real people. The trio received an Oscar nomination for their work on the film. The biggest challenges they faced?
