During a later scene in Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” Rooney Mara’s character Molly jumps in a car with Stan (Bradley Cooper) and takes off a wig that she had been wearing to disguise herself. The filming of that scene was trickier than anyone in the audience could have guessed, since there was a whole lot happening on the Oscar-nominated actress’s head.
“Rooney’s normal 1940s shoulder length-hair was a wig,” Cliona Furey, the film’s hair designer, explained to TheWrap. “So when Rooney removes the wig in the car, that was a wig on top of a wig.”
Pulling that off, so to speak, is considered one of the biggest challenges for any tresses team. “It’s every hairstylist’s nightmare,” said Furey. “But we carefully designed the wigs and we and somehow it worked.”
In fact, those two pieces of hair handiwork were among more...
“Rooney’s normal 1940s shoulder length-hair was a wig,” Cliona Furey, the film’s hair designer, explained to TheWrap. “So when Rooney removes the wig in the car, that was a wig on top of a wig.”
Pulling that off, so to speak, is considered one of the biggest challenges for any tresses team. “It’s every hairstylist’s nightmare,” said Furey. “But we carefully designed the wigs and we and somehow it worked.”
In fact, those two pieces of hair handiwork were among more...
- 2/1/2022
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
Chloe Moretz has opened up about the emotional toll of playing a tortured teenager in her remake of Carrie.
The actress told Flicks and Bits that she wanted to stay away from directly referencing Sissy Spacek's portrayal of Carrie in the 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's novel.
> Chloe Grace Moretz: 'Carrie delay was to make it scarier'
"The role of Carrie is an incredibly emotional role," Moretz said.
"It's probably the most vulnerable I've ever been as an actor, so in some ways it's kind of terrifying for people to see it, but at the same time it's very exciting and kind of an awakening for me because it's something I've never done before."
She continued: "We were able to put our own spin on [the character], just because we wanted it to be original. And I didn't want to watch the movie or anything.
"So what we really did was,...
The actress told Flicks and Bits that she wanted to stay away from directly referencing Sissy Spacek's portrayal of Carrie in the 1976 adaptation of Stephen King's novel.
> Chloe Grace Moretz: 'Carrie delay was to make it scarier'
"The role of Carrie is an incredibly emotional role," Moretz said.
"It's probably the most vulnerable I've ever been as an actor, so in some ways it's kind of terrifying for people to see it, but at the same time it's very exciting and kind of an awakening for me because it's something I've never done before."
She continued: "We were able to put our own spin on [the character], just because we wanted it to be original. And I didn't want to watch the movie or anything.
"So what we really did was,...
- 10/24/2013
- Digital Spy
Sneak Peek more new pix from "Suck", the $3.5 million, Toronto-lensed rock 'n roll horror feature, written, directed and starring Rob Stefaniuk ("Phil The Alien").
E1 Entertainment will manage distribution of "Suck" across various platforms including home video, VOD, digital/TV sales. E1 will also partner with D& E Entertainment for a one-night-only Us theatrical screening of the film in September, followed by home video/digital distribution prior to Halloween.
Filmed in Toronto, November 2008, "Suck" is jointly produced by Robin Crumley, VP of Capri Vision and Jeff Rogers, co-produced by Victoria Hirst for executive producers Jeff Sackman, Gabriella Martinelli, Terry Markus and Brad Peyton.
Dp was D. Gregor Hagey, with editing by Michele Conroy. John "The Doughboys" Kastner composed the soundtrack, Jim Goodall provided production design, costume designer was Mario Davignon with key makeup by Jordan Samuel.
"...Seemingly doomed to road trip doldrums and dives, the band 'The Winners' breaks its...
E1 Entertainment will manage distribution of "Suck" across various platforms including home video, VOD, digital/TV sales. E1 will also partner with D& E Entertainment for a one-night-only Us theatrical screening of the film in September, followed by home video/digital distribution prior to Halloween.
Filmed in Toronto, November 2008, "Suck" is jointly produced by Robin Crumley, VP of Capri Vision and Jeff Rogers, co-produced by Victoria Hirst for executive producers Jeff Sackman, Gabriella Martinelli, Terry Markus and Brad Peyton.
Dp was D. Gregor Hagey, with editing by Michele Conroy. John "The Doughboys" Kastner composed the soundtrack, Jim Goodall provided production design, costume designer was Mario Davignon with key makeup by Jordan Samuel.
"...Seemingly doomed to road trip doldrums and dives, the band 'The Winners' breaks its...
- 7/14/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto... A party at the Gat's Yorkville headquarters, September 11, honouring cast and crew before the Tiff 2009 world premiere screening of the new rock 'n roll vampire movie Suck, was followed by a gala concert/party at Toronto's Phoenix Theatre, celebrating the recent Us/International sales acquisition by Tim Brown's Joker Films of the $3.5 million, Toronto-lensed feature, written, directed and starring Rob "Phil The Alien" Stefaniuk. "I am thrilled to be a part of the film Suck," said Brown. "Rob Stefaniuk is a tremendously talented writer/director/actor who has put together an enormously entertaining movie that audiences are going to love.. "...Seemingly doomed to road trip doldrums and dives, the band 'The Winners' breaks its slump when its female bass player (Jessica Paré) disappears one night with a hip vampire. She returns charged with sexual charisma that creates audience frenzy and eventually ensnares the...
- 9/12/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
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