In the middle of filming - around episode four through six - my skin wasn't in the best shape because it's kind of rough on your skin almost every day. But luckily when we were filming, and especially when we did the outside scenes, it was really cold because it was mostly wintertime, early spring, so it was still cold outside, which was a blessing for the prosthetics.īut it hurt my skin a little bit. You're kind of sweating underneath it, but the sweat has nowhere to go, so it feels gross in a hotter setting.
So if we're in like a really hot setting, it gets really, really hot every day and it blocks your pores. It adjusts to whatever the temperature is in the room, kind of. I think that's mostly what it was, but yeah, I felt honored, honestly, to be kind of a canvas for their art.ĭorothy attends a party where she learns an unsettling truth on season two, episode four.Īcuna: Is it heavy on your face when you're acting? How does that affect you when you're doing the role? Is it hot at all? Also, I think Derek and Eric just got the hang of it more and they were just used to doing it so much that it just became easier and easier for all three of us. It didn't seem much of a drag doing the makeup every day.Īcuna: Do you guys feel like you were almost pushing to see if you could do it faster as if it was like a challenge to see how fast you could get it done? We had this '80s playlist that we would listen to with the cringiest '80s songs, so we always had a fun time together. We all got along so well and would joke around and make fun of each other. But the two guys, Derek and Eric Garcia, who are so, so talented, they did my makeup every day. But the process for both of them, I zoned out. My chin, my forehead, ears, and then fake teeth and fake hair on my face, little sideburns. Shapiro (continued): But I wore a fake nose and part of my cheeks were prosthetic. How long did that take to do each day? And what was the process like? I know you've shared some photos on social media. It originally took about three hours to do the prosthetics for Dorothy's characterĪcuna: One of the first things I wondered when your character was introduced onto the show was the prosthetics. If people can contact their representatives and support this act in any way they can, I would be very grateful because I think it can help a lot of people around the world with rare disorders. Most people with a congenital anomaly of some sort have to spend a fortune or not get the treatment they need at all. It basically states that anyone born with an anomaly of some sort would be able to get the treatment they need to function properly covered by insurance because, as of right now, none of that's covered by insurance. Shapiro (continued): Also, one thing that was difficult as someone with a rare disorder was that most of the treatment that I needed wasn't covered by insurance, so I want to bring up this act called the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act, which was introduced in February 2019. Photography: Emily Assiran, Hair/make-up: Chelsea Gehr. Have you had time to reflect on that at all or notice those parallels?Ībigail Shapiro and her sister grew up with cleidocranial dysplasia. I kind of put myself in that mindset.Īcuna: Dorothy is a character who has found herself locked away and isolated from society for years on end, and it almost feels immensely relatable in some respects as many people have been in lockdown and quarantining. Also, when you're 11 years old, you don't think you're a little kid. I also play little kids a lot because I'm so small and I kind of look like a little kid because I look very young for my age. My sister isn't that much younger than me, but just the memory of her being really young helped. Did your experiences help inform the role at all? What kind of preparation did you do to get into that mindset of a girl who is perpetually 11 years old? I know you have a younger sister.
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