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June 26, 2023

S3 | Ep. 30: The Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Episode w/Department Heads Cassie Russek and Alexei Dmitriew AND the High Evolutionary Himself, Chukwudi Iwuji!

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Look Behind The Look

For the last episode of Season 3, I am thrilled to bring you the Guardians of the Galaxy 3.  I had been looking forward to speaking with
the film's Hair Department Head, Cassie Russek, for a long time now and we were finally brought together here with Makeup Department Head of
Guardians 3, Alexei Dmitriew, AND for the cherry on top, my friend, Chukwudi Iwuji joined us as well!  You are going to love this talk with the team behind Guardians of the Galaxy 3 as they tell me about their favorite days on set, their biggest challenges and how they worked together to break the record for the MOST prosthetics used in a feature film.




02:54 - Start


 


4:15 - Coming to the Film


 


8:47 - Making the Look


 


10:44 - Pull-Back Mask


 


11:43 - Prosthetics over CGI


 


13:00 - Working with the Hair


 


14:30 - Going Bald


 


16:50 - Purple


 


18:52 - R&D


 


21:18 - We Won’t Fix It In Post


 


22:56 - Everyone Was “On It”


 


24:39 - Adaptation and Evolution


 


27:13 - Crazy Eyes


 


29:12 - Project Investment


 


31:14 - Bring the A Game


 


33:32 - Favorite Day on Set


 


39:06 - Record Breaking Prosthetics



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Chukwudi Iwuji

Actor

Chuk Iwuji was born in Nigeria in 1975. When he was ten his parents began working for the United Nations Organization and moved to Ethiopia, sending their son to a boarding school in England. He got in to Yale University to major in Economics but was interested in acting and joined the university's drama society. Whilst he was appearing in their production of 'Murder in the Cathedral' he was offered an acting scholarship. He went to a drama school in Wisconsin then moved back to the United Kingdom, successfully auditioning for the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he has joined the ever-growing number of black actors, including David Oyelowo and Adrian Lester, who have played leading roles with no reference to their colour, replacing David Oyelowo in the role of Henry VI as well as playing Buckingham to Kevin Spacey's Richard III at the Old Vic.

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Cassie Russek

Hair Department Head