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The breakout hair ofRussian Dollwas undoubtedly Natasha Lyonnes curly red mop.
That wig looked so real!
They are expensive, time-consuming, and finicky.
They have to withstand all kinds of shooting challenges wrestling, tumbling, hair-pulling.
And they almost always cause problems along the hairline.
Really great wigs are akin to miracles.
But custom wigs are huge line items on a budget.
Its not like I had custom wigs made for the stunt doubles, she explains.
She has such a distinct head of hair, he says.
I couldnt just go to a wig store and pick out a wig.
I have one in particular [and] he made me a deal.
So to get that many wigs for under three grand … was a pretty good steal.
With each wig, Dagenais explains, its multiple heads of hair in one wig.
Making a greatRussian Dollwig is about trying to match these red colors on hairs that each take color differently.
But for many hairstyles, hairlines become the dead giveaway for a rushed or ill-fitting wig.
We have a stunt double whos blonde, but the wig is brunette, Rivers explains.
And Im like, Marie Laveau!
We dont have that anymore!
Thats like a 50-pound wig that goes down past her butt!
Everything goes into storage, and sometimes things just cant be located.
Those poor women had to stay up all night to get us the look, Ceglia says.
Its always last minute, Ceglia explains.
Ashley was insistent that the wig be perfect.
She put the fear of God into me, Dagenais recalls.
My whole mission was to make her love her wig.
But its very hard to find stock wigs made of gray human hair.
There are synthetic options, but Dagenais finds them too shiny for a main character.
Grey wigs can be made custom, but it was going to be too expensive forRussian Doll.
TakeGLOWs Sheila the She Wolf.
It would not have matched the hairline, and it would not have been painstakingly color formulated.
This is someone who isnt a hairdresser, but who wants to look like a wolf.
What would this characters hair look like?
What does it need to communicate about who they are?
Sometimes, as in the case of Sheila, a wig really needs to look like a wig.
