A few of Thompson’s private nostalgia made its means into Sensible Magic 2, incorporating hair equipment from the unique film into the second. “Within the sequel, [Bullock] wears one within the cemetery scene,” she explains. “I introduced an enormous field of them and gave them to the [hair department head] for the sequel, and she or he snuck them in, in other places.”
It’s a movie about sisterhood and, in fact, magic. And there was loads of the latter to absorb. We spoke to Thompson and Whitney James, Bullock’s private make-up artist, in addition to Nicole Kidman’s group, Kim Santantonio and Angela Levin, about how they reimagined the great thing about the Owens sisters practically three many years later, from de-aging particular results to the sorcery of a great wig.
Nicole Kidman’s Wig Is Not the Identical Shade—Deliberately
Kidman’s love of wigs is well-known within the trade. However when the unique movie debuted, viewers had been shocked to study she wore an auburn-and-copper-colored wig to play Gilly Owens. Folks largely thought it was her personal hair on the time.
To deliver Gilly into the 2020s, Kidman’s longtime on-set hairstylist, Kim Santantonio, up to date each the minimize and coloration, bringing wigmaker Rob Pickens onboard to assist. “He does all of her wigs, and fortuitously he was capable of come to the trailer and present her samples,” says Santantonio.
Regardless of having the unique wig of their possession, Kidman’s new wigs—she had two, one for backup—didn’t match the OG as a result of the group deliberately added layers and texture to provide her hair extra motion. “The primary wig was very straight, like we flatironed it,” says Santantonio. “It felt heavy [and looked] all one size. This time round, [Kidman] was transferring her head so much, wanting lots of motion, flickering and flying, so after I put [the new wig] on her the primary time, we razor-cut into it round her face, creating lots of layers.” To model the wig, Santantonio first went in with a curling iron so as to add quantity, then used a flatiron to straighten elements of it, making a “rock and roll” impact. “Within the first movie, she had that edge to her,” Santantonio explains.
When it got here to the colour of the unique wig, the shade was very flat, based on Santantonio. “There was no coloration variation. So when Rob made [the wig for the second film], we had highlights and delightful coloration by it as a result of pure hair has a spotlight in it.”
