Austin Butler found himself practically living in the makeup chair while shooting “Dune: Part Two.” During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the Oscar nominee dished that the director of his next gig pleaded with him not to shave his head, so Butler had no choice but to endure a three-hour makeup and prosthetics marathon each day on set. “We had the most amazing hair and makeup team,” he gushed, before joking, “It was so liberating not having eyebrows, you don’t realize how much they weigh you down.”
In a Vanity Fair interview, the former Nickelodeon star delved deeper into the process behind looking as hairless as possible, revealing that it involved multiple caps and white body paint. “There’s two caps on my head,” Butler recalled. “One that goes over the hair, and then there’s the sculpted cap that attaches kind of where my eyelids were, right at the crease of my eyelids. That goes all the way back.”
While others might balk at the idea of sacrificing precious time for makeup, Butler sees it as less of a chore. When it comes to acting, he has a deep appreciation for the transformation process and was happy to temporarily distance himself from his own identity to fully get into character. “It’s a gift as an actor to not see yourself, you know?” Butler informed “Extra.” “You kind of suspend disbelief in a way.”
