‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ Star David Oyelowo on the Character’s Branding: It Represents the ‘Juxtaposition of the Beauty and the Violence’
17.06.2024 - 20:03
/ variety.com
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor David Oyelowo plays the title character in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” the true story of a man who escaped enslavement and went on to become one of the first U.S. Deputy Marshals. While there is no shortage of stories from the 1860s and 1870s, there are only four known images of Bass Reeves.
So, for the Paramount limited series, a team of artisans worked to tell the story with as much authenticity as possible while only using those four photos as a visual reference. “What David wanted to show on camera was the growth of him and the difference in his hair. But for me, it was showing the transformation of his skin — the aging process without prosthetics — showing him from a young man in his 20s to an older man,” said makeup department head Vonda Morris.
Morris’ secret weapon to Oyelowo’s aging transformation was Peter Thomas Roth’s skin tightening strips. “I would tighten that skin so tight to give him a youthful look, and as he started to age, I took that same product to give him creases to age him,” Morris revealed. She didn’t want audiences to look for prosthetic pieces, so the key was giving Oyelowo a natural look.
“Our skin doesn’t age in the same way. It just weathers a bit. I designed the creases and weathered the area in certain areas.
And along with that, we started adding facial hair. It was hand-laid.” Oyelowo wanted to come in with his natural hair, so he spent time growing it out. “When he came to work and we began filming, he had his natural Afro,” hair department head Wankaya Hinkson said.
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