updated: 24/03/2003
Embeth Davidtz played the dual roles of Little Miss and her granddaughter Portia, taking both roles from youth to old-age. She endured at least six different prosthetic makeups to portray the two characters at various stages in their differing lives.
These makeups deserved an Oscar – even if very little else about the movie did – and it is especially interesting to see the same actress portraying two very similar women who nevertheless have aged very differently because of their different life experiences.
Old-age makeup effects designed and applied by Greg Cannom; old-age makeup effects created by Keith VanderLaan’s Captive Audience Productions Inc. Other makeup credits included: Wes Wofford, old-age makeup; Brian Sipe, prosthetics makeup supervisor.
The robots in the movie were designed by Steve Johnson’s EdgeFX.