Did Rebecca Romijn hate the makeup process for Mystique
Jennifer Lawrence's hatred for the makeup process in the X-Men films is very well known, and now Rebecca Romijn, the original Mystique in the X-Men films, shared what she thought of the same process.
When asked what was the most memorable part of making the X-Men
films, she told Looper:
I guess it was the makeup
application. It was no joke! My call time was at midnight to be ready at
9AM. It was a nine-hour makeup process.
We did, over the course of three movies, manage to get it
down to seven hours, but that was still ... It was a big deal. And I
realized pretty early on that was the job.
I was getting
paid to be a part of that makeup application. The acting was free. The job
was getting all that makeup put on!
She could have asked to not
use the make-up all the time, like Jennifer Lawrence did, but she was not
only happy to wear the make-up, but also wanted to stay true to the
characters pride of being a mutant.
Also, it was the most
beautiful costume I've ever seen in my life. Every single time they
finished, and I would look in the mirror, I would just look at it like it
was a masterpiece.
And I treasure it now, because hindsight
is 20/20, and I don't remember how painful it was, but I really appreciate
everything that came from that, really. I'm glad that I did it exactly how I
did it.
It was worth it. It was worth every single second
of all that, of all those 11:30 wake-up, calls to go to the set. I would try
and go to bed at 7:30 or 8AM and just lay there, and then I would have to
get up at 11:30PM and go to work and work for 24 hours straight.
Rebecca
played Mystique in the first three X-Men movies and later had a cameo in
X-Men: First Class, and when asked if she would be happy to reprise the
role, she stated:
Sure. Well, with the makeup, yes. I wouldn't do it
without the makeup, because I feel like that's a really big part of the
transformation of the character, is going through that makeup process. There
is nothing that turns you into a colder, harder bitch than going through
that makeup process. I really feel like it's a really key part of the
character. Going through that process is like, ‘Okay, I'm angry. I'm super
angry now.’
To this day she still often talks about the role and shares
pictures showing all the details involved in the make-up process:
So it seems that, if given the chance, she would definitely
return to the role, and I would love to see her back in all her blue
glory.
Would you like to see her back in the role?
Thank
you for reading.
