See how Mahershala Ali, two-time Oscar winner, was turned into an old man for season 3 of “True Detective.” We take a look behind the scenes with Mike Marino, the Emmy-nominated makeup designer who transformed Ali and his co-star Stephen Dorff.
The artist explains how he used prosthetics and makeup to add decades to the actors’ faces.
The newest season of “True Detective” finds Mahershala Ali playing the same character — Detective Wayne Hayes — at three different ages. His performance is incredibly believable, and was made possible by the realistic aging FX, which turned him into a convincing 75-year old man.
We visited Marino at his studio, Prosthetics Renaissance — also known as ProRen FX. They’ve worked on a long list of Hollywood films, including “Black Swan,” “Wolf of Wall Street,” and “Birdman.” ProRen is also the team behind Heidi Klum’s famous Halloween costumes.
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This makeup artist (and I mean artist) deserves a huge amount of credit for the success of the show. The makeup could have very easily taken viewers out of the experience if not done very, very well but luckily it was.
If there is an Emmy award for makeup Mike Marino is the obvious choice.
Side note: speaking of less appreciated aspects of this amazing season, I think credit needs to be given to whoever scored the show. The music set the atmosphere of tension, uneasiness and mystery very well. When it comes to shows that are "scary", music and sound always get to me much more than visuals. All around awesome season!
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