Just the mere moments of Ellen Burstyn's transformation, seeing her all healthy and full necked only to see her be so thinned out at the last moment. She's wearing prosthetics - neck, cheeks, whole face rubberised - and you can't tell. Most people need it pointed out that she is wearing rubber on her face and or her neck.
“It was a very difficult and time consuming project done for very little time effects prep wise, less then six weeks, with very little patience from most of the production due to the fact they never worked with this stuff before. I was so burned out because I was working non-stop with no breaks at all from other projects. The film had other elements, like a fake arm that gets cut off, for Fight Club actor Jared Leto, which was made like a real arm would be. It just wasn't some rubber arm being cut. There were dozens of tests for that effect alone; you see it for half a second.Also there's an animatronic hand that gets stabbed by Jennifer Conelly, which came off looking totally real as the fork hits it and the fingers curl in to react with the pain. Get your pause button out on the DVD for these moments I speak of.
“I was really thrown for a loop on this project at times just wanting to lay down and never get up. I get so involved in my work and so personally hands on, I really try and become part of the work. Sometimes your efforts are destroyed due to bad lighting, editing or direction, but in this rare case Darren and his DP did their best to work with everything when it came to it finally being on camera and in the editing room. So I was quite pleased.
Darren Aoronofsky, was a hard man to please who changed his mind alot or did not like something till he saw it finished on set, was a bit of a ride to work with. You have to give it to him - he's a brilliant director.
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