wig & makeup disguises: Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes

A flamboyant and corrupt Atlantic City cop finds himself Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), a whistle-blower caught in the middle of a conspiracy to assassinate the Secretary of Defense.

Julia, in disguise, meets the secretary at a boxing match to hand over incriminating documents on a major fraud. But the Secretary is shot at the ringside and Julia is next on their list

Serena (Jayne Heitmeyer) is one of the assassins and also appears in disguise.

The makeup

Lucille Demers and Fern Buchner were the supervising makeup artists on the movie.

Before filming cinematographer Stephen H Burum ASC shot a series of hair, makeup and lighting tests. They give an indication into the planning necessary to make even an apparently straightforward makeup work.