The Vampire Diaries Makeup Artist shares secrets from the set
Cast and Characters, Interviews
In an interview with radaronline.com head make-up artist for The Vampire Diaries, Beverly Jo Pryor, dishes some secrets from the set.
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“Nina [Dobrev], Paul [Wesley] and Ian [Somerhalder] are so excited to be part of this project,” she said. “When I get them in the makeup trailer, they interact like family, they’ve bonded really well.”
To get into “Vamp Mode”, as Pryor calls it, Somerhalder and Wesley must endure a painstaking makeup process including prosthetics, contact lenses and specially fitted fangs, which are created from a mold taken of the individual actors teeth. Then there’s airbrushing and a special effects team, which put the finishing touches on their scary transformation using visual effects.
“There are special appliances used for the gore, the bites, all the different stages of attacks. Sometimes fake necks are used as well.”
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