Sarah Polley arrives on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Canadian makeup artist Adrien Morot has won an Oscar for his transformation of actor Brandon Fraser in “The Whale.”
Morot won the Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling alongside Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley.
The Montreal-born designer helped transform Fraser into an obese man for the Darren Aronofsky film about a reclusive professor trying to reconnect with his daughter.
As part of the routine, the team glued several thick pieces of silicone onto Fraser’s face and body, before applying makeup.
“The Whale” received some criticism for its depiction of the character’s weight.
Though Morot acknowledged the complaints in a recent interview with The Canadian Press, he said his job was to make the prosthetic suit as authentic as possible.
“The Whale” is Morot’s fifth collaboration with Aronofsky following “Mother!,” “Noah,” “The Fountain,” and “White Boy Rick.”
The hair and makeup team beat out fellow nominees from “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “The Batman,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and “Elvis.”
