Other than that, Tim’s makeup was pretty simple and straightforward. We shot for eight weeks and we made him up maybe once or twice a week, which constituted me flying from Vancouver a lot. Tim wasn’t keen on wearing more makeup than he had to, so they picked the lighter look and then did one more text honing in on the paint scheme. We tested it with and without the chin and cheek pieces. Originally it was five pieces, the head, nose, cheekbones, and chin. Tommy picked one, and I had to resculpt that with prosthetic makeup. Tommy was in Vancouver at this point prepping, and I was in Burbank. I did paint on them, just a rough suggestion, and put wigs on them, and sent them back to Tommy. He picked three he liked and then we did a clay sketch, where we took a life cast of Tim Curry and plaster heads, and then I took water-based clays, which are faster to sculpt with, and did the three favorite designs. I did a dozen or more 2D sketches and then would submit those to Tommy to get his feedback. Once they finally cast Tim in the role, I got a headshot of him and started drawing on it. Makeup like the Pennywise makeup is pretty performer driven, so I quickly found that just drawing clowns didn’t really make a difference, I had to draw it on the actors. Image from Pennywise: The Story of IT.ĬM: Where did you even start when it comes to Tim Curry’s makeup for IT? What took the longest time when it came to his makeup effects?īart Mixon: In designing Tim’s makeup, when I first read the script, I started doing clown research and started sketching clowns. We got along great with Tommy on Fright Night 2, so when IT came around a couple of years later, it seemed like a natural fit because he was already comfortable working with Gene and I. He was just trying to replicate that model. Boss had done the first Fright Night, they did both the makeup and visual effects under the one roof. His company normally did opticals and miniatures and he wanted to be able to offer makeup effects as well to compete with shops like Boss Films. Bart Mixon: I had a working relationship with Fantasy II Film Effects, Gene Warren’s company, we did Fright Night 2 together.
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