How the Black Mass makeup artist turned Johnny Depp into Whitey Bulger
Johnny Depp’s roles often require him to wear intricate makeup and costumes, and turning the actor into Whitey Bulger for the upcoming Black Mass was no different.
Making Depp resemble the famed Boston gangster required covering the upper half of his face with a prosthetic, and creating 50 different headpieces to mimic Bulger’s receding hairline, Bostonmagazine reported. Joel Harlow, the Academy Award-winning makeup artist responsible for Depp’s look in more than a dozen films, spent more than 20 hours on each headpiece, individually plugging hairs into every one. To make Depp a convincing 80-year-old version of Bulger, he spent over three hours on his makeup, according to the magazine.
Read the full Boston magazine story here.
See Depp’s transformation when Black Mass hits theaters on September 18.
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