Prosthetic Designer Breaks Down Transforming Charlize Theron Into Megyn Kelly | Vanity Fair 

There's a lot of politics involved with the Oscars. I'm not sure about his specific category but winning an Oscar as an actor/film tends to say more about how much a studio wants the Oscar more than how much the film deserves the Oscar

it not like there are movie every year that require Prosthetic .... and she made look similar but if you look close.. it still just white south African try to be american...

Imagine being so good at your job that Gary Oldman will pass on a role if you don't join on

Beacause he is a japanese and they don’t boast 👍🏼

I'm in the same business and have known him for over 20 years. He is the very best prosthetic makeup artist working today. There are others that are really great, but he is a different type of artist. I'm proud to know him and he gives me advice whenever I ask him.

Exactly...

@@javiermartinez-kv5fk Yeah and when they put his name in the video it says KAZU HIRO which is the first name KAZUHIRO and forgot the last name TSUJI wth xD

Yeah, No I don't see him thanking Jesus. For Budda's Sake!

Waiter more rice wine for sake's sakes.

@@LoLFilmStudios Actually Kazu Hiro is his stage name, he's credited in films under this name since Mindhunter.

@ultradeadd Y'know? You're right.

Most people change careers in their life

We can all afford that but it feels scary.

joshua johnson I was a homeless person! Got sober, got a job, built my way up through recovery houses til I got my own place, enrolled in school and ended up switching careers (nursing called on me!). NO excuses. Carve the life you want. There are plenty of resources out there to support you.

@@KG-jd9jw I loved reading your testimony!! God bless you..and please use your voice to share your story.. XOXO Nikki

Student to teacher: Want to see a magic trick? Teacher: Sure. Student: I'm gonna be you tomorrow. Teacher: Wait. What? Student: OK. Bye! Teacher wondering if she should have the authorities on speed dial.

As a special effects artist, I can say with authority that is correct.

... because he'd want to spend the time & budget on a halloween costume for u..? keep dreamin!

@@rollerbladinggeek5507 Hey Negative Nancy. Keep truckin' along.

@@rollerbladinggeek5507 🙄 key word here being 'imagine', so yeah, I will keep dreaming. Thanks for stopping by though.

That kind of information is not new. ✌

@@billbuffett2092 it is tho

I used to always notice old prosthesis even 'wound' makeup would be too peach or pale when an actor was emotional. Really disrupted the mood for me.

@@leahannajohn504 how is it new info?? I've noticed a contrast between prosthesis and skin for decades

@@zoeaargh I think they meant it was new information to Will Becker, not like new information in the world at large.

"Actual wizard"

Agree, his NAME should be included. He’s a master of his craft and deserves to have his name shown

Master Artist

Multiple Oscar winner

Wtf! 🤣🤣

@Dux Nihilo That's what I thought I was going to be watching actually!

😂😜👍

That's what I thought!!!!!

She could SO do it!

The distance between the eyes is much larger with Churchill than Oldman.

@@hereiam2005 you can't change that with prosthetic

маша федотова .... yet! But maybe in the future! 😆

Lorem Ipsum wtf? 😂 you can’t remove someone’s eyes and then place them further apart

AmritTheSlytherclaw - I jest!

Though the best use of CGI is in tandem with prothetics. So there is definitely a place for CGI in manipulating the look of the actors.

it is not cheap..... and actor had to go through with that... feel like they had to using her everytime they want a oscar... she getting to be one trick pony...

Its anything but practical

That’s the most beautiful trait in Japanese culture.

Humbleness is the quality of being humble - otherwise known as humility.

Thanks because I didn't already edit my comment. 🙄

@@fleetwood7538 you edited it and left the mistake in?!

Modesty

Did you think Megyn Kelly was playing herself?

Kinky Daddy lol I think they just meant that they didn’t recognize Charlize

@@tablelamp3326 so do I but you never know

i did but i thought she had plastic surgery done.......lol

i did but i thought she had plastic surgery done.......lol

*you're (contraction of "YOU aRE") "Your" is for possession.

alvallac21 come on..

@@trude8073 yeah it's not necessary/kinda mean to correct people on their grammar at this point

@@flowersintheKitchen exactly, for some people English is not a first language. English speaking people have this Ego like English is a measure of intellect. I'd like to see this guy learn arabic or mandarin with zero mistakes.

@@alvallac2171 you are a douche for this

I had no idea either Mindhunter actor was wearing prosthetics! It's amazing

@@TheMijman Same here. I was like, "NANI???????!!!!!"

I gasped while watching Mindhunter b/c i didn't know how they actually got Charles Manson footage onto the show.

I had the same reaction when I saw the trailer. I saw what I thought was Megyn Kelly and later saw a caption of Charlize's name, and I was just like, "Wait! What?!" What this gentleman does in the way of make up and prosthetics is uber impressive!

🤣🤣🤣

lmaoo

I did that with Kidman as Woolf...

So unprofessional of her

She wanted to be pretty

twinoferos but failed because of Botox.

It would have been nice if Nicole Kidman allowed him to make her look like Gretchen Carlson!

that's what I'm saying. it is her job to do what she is told and what will bring her character to life. narcism of some of these actors.....

Thank you yes

And Face:Off

You need to watch some Jonna Mendez videos on youtube (former CIA chief of disguise)

Those are some good genes! Then again, given his profession he probably has access to the best and most convincing hairpieces that money can buy.

Could be a prosthetic! lol. There are some really good (but expensive) options for hair out there nowadays!

Some people will never lose it. No man on either side of my family has ever had hair recedence. (Not a brag, I'm a girl, idc)

Lol yeah

My 90 year old grandfather has a full head of hair. All white but its there. Um yea we asian lol

Vanity. She didn’t want to look ugly. Smh

@@lilacfunk she already did agree to look ugly in "The Hours" with the nose prosthetic (and won an Oscar for that), so probably thought not this time

@@lilacfunk maybe it was about not being able to act well with the prosthetics

I'm kind of with Kidman on the issue. For starters, if you have a good script and skilled actors who can create a convincing set physical behaviors for their character, that's all that's needed, AND the very presence of prosthetics can be a distraction for viewers. Far more important is the interaction of characters within the story than individual appearances.

@@hd-xc2lz I agree. I am not sure why everyone has to look exactly like the person they are playing. There are so many other important things like the emotions they convey or how they behave that good actors can do to transmit the essence of the character. These are films not documentaries. I think prosthetics has great value in science fiction or in other cases where the character really has to be transformed (eg to show scars etc)...

Plastics has very little "artistry". It's actually largely methodical and precise, based on tried methods and shapes. There is obviously technique involved in getting the right effect down, but the way to getting there and the effect itself isn't art, it's math.

He’s a silicone surgeon.

@@jenm1 , A lot of realistic art is math. Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, etc.

@@stephanbranczyk8306 I'm saying the intention isn't art for plastics.

You cannot sculpt living tissue like you can sculpt clay or silicone. You cannot just push and shift anywhere you like. You have to know where nerves and blood vessels are and leave them intact. You cannot just cut anywhere or add anywhere. So. Maybe he would be a great plastic surgeon, or maybe he'd be met with the same limitations all surgeons are. Which are the limitatio's of their "material" being a living human, who needs their health and functionality. It's impossible to say. Also, with his art now, he can take his time sculpting, thinking, analyzing, reshaping. In surgery, there is some time pressure because you cannot have the patient lie on the operating table endlessly. And maybe he wouldn't be as good under time pressure. We don't know.

I dont think thats possible. People have different bone structures so its really difficult to have someone wear anothers face and make it look 'normal'. It would be far more alien dude in MIB than Mission Impossible. What this guy does is even better imo because he gives the essence of what someone looks like to another person. Giving the actor enough freedom to properly emote while making it so close and believable that we the viewer buy into it. It may not be 'perfect' but its almost better for it.

I totally agree. I also think she should have let him transform her more. She should have let him use the cheek pieces to round out her face a little more like he wanted to. Her chin and jawline are too recognizable and it kind of ruined the effect.

Lex C. It could’ve been that Nicole felt too uncomfortable to act with the cheek implants or she was a little more vain. I think the former. She did change her nose and appearance quite drastically in The Hours.

I think they were the only two, they were the two super famous killers in Season 2. Ed Kemper was a big deal in Season 1 but that was their first time out so they didn't necessarily have the budget, plus he's not nearly as recognizable as Manson.

He's humble because of his accomplishments. Being a great artist is good for the mind

don't you mean white and blode.... it call photogenic.... but unlike the actor... kelly do had a brain and degree... shame that she care more about money...

@@campkira do had brain and degree... sure thing, dude...

campkira do you even know Charlize Theron to say she’s not smart?? Please STFU

NillyC I don’t know why I feel this but a lot of times it looks like some celebrities are being played by other actors sometimes. Maybe it’s the brand or they have to many appointments so they get clones of them to act for them. I know these days surgery is common but sometimes they change there face too quickly... and sometimes they go back to their old looks to quickly to have not been prosthetics or something fishy...

NillyC also a lot of politicians have faces of wax, they literally look like actors plying a role for our news entertainment.

Did this guy do Christian Bale's prosthetics, too?