updated: 15/02/2002
I found Gormenghast enornously disappointing but I did like Celia Imrie and her mountainous Gertrude makeup.
Estelle Daniel, the producer said:
Early every morning, as she sat in makeup as still as stone for two hours, he [David White] stuck the giant neck and face onto Celia with glue, working the edges onto her skin with a sort of elastic paint which would survive for about five hours before the heat worked its way in . . . And whenever the camera was turning on her, David was close by with his glue and his paint, ready to make running repairs.
CarterWhiteFX (now Altered States FX) were responsible for the design and application of the one-piece foam-latex prosthetic. The makeup also involves contact lenses and dentures with plumpers from Fangs FX.