Emmy Rossum didn’t have the breast time filming “Angelyne.”
The actress absolutely remodeled into the enduring singer/mannequin for the upcoming Peacock collection — together with rocking a really giant, pretend chest.
Rossum, 35, revealed a medley of magnificence secrets and techniques from the set in a profile for The Hollywood Reporter.
She defined that she spent about 4 to 5 hours in make-up per day and bleached her eyebrows. Rossum additionally bought blisters from the pretend breasts she needed to put on for filming.
The “Shameless” alum additionally endured tear duct problems in her pupils from carrying two pairs of contact lenses at a time.
“The physicality of the character was difficult,” she stated. “The physique is heavy, but it has to really feel mild and effervescent.”
She added, “I discovered it to be utterly liberating to look within the mirror and never see myself in any respect. At first, it’s unnerving. However feeling misplaced offers option to this actual liberation — from myself and the hang-ups that may impede a efficiency.”
Rossum and her husband, “Mr. Robotic” creator Sam Esmail, are each producing the five-episode restricted collection about popular culture extraordinaire Angelyne, who stepped into the highlight within the Nineteen Eighties.
Esmail, 44, famous what it was wish to see his spouse grow to be a totally completely different particular person. “After I say that there are occasions the place I didn’t acknowledge her as a result of she was misplaced on this particular person, I actually imply it. That is my spouse I’m speaking about. It’s type of eerie,” he stated.
Angelyne — born Renee Tami Goldberg — was the daughter of two Holocaust survivors who created her alter ego and became a Los Angeles billboard icon within the Nineteen Eighties.
The “Day After Tomorrow” actress additionally shared the recommendation Angelyne gave her earlier than embarking on capturing the present.
She advised Variety through the pink carpet premiere of the collection on Wednesday that Angelyne, 71, gave producers the rights to her life, in addition to artwork, logos and her music catalog for use on digicam.
“It was so vital to me that she be concerned on this and that we had been capable of faithfully recreate her iconic billboards,” the “Lovely Creatures” star stated. “And it was actually, actually vital to me that she be paid for her contribution, not simply to the present, however to popular culture over the past 50 years.”
“Angelyne” drops on Peacock on Might 19.
