I’m opening myself up to a big can of worms-I do love a challenge. I’m doing something next year that I’ve always wanted to do.
Is there anything you haven’t done in your career that you’ve always dreamed of doing? We removed the powder so that the shine came through and it just looks wrong, so you know she’s not well. And the great thing about working like that is when Beth was supposed to look like shit, we just took off the makeup. It’s perfection without being overly made-up. It’s a wonderful era-the powdered look, the eyeliner, the lips, the blusher that’s put on really beautifully. You also have Rita Hayworth and Lauren Bacall, and the sleekness and beauty of Grace Kelly. The main inspiration behind Beth’s hair was actress Natalie Wood. What about Beth’s beauty looks? Where did the inspiration for her makeup come from? That was a decision I had to make quickly. Mrs Wheatley, for instance, was originally going to be blonde, but she’s a dark brunette and looks fantastic with it. But then, of course, you see the cast and you do a U-turn. The way the script was written, you really knew how the characters were going to be. Sometimes, you have to fight for these things. The funny thing is that when I met the director, Scott, and said, ‘There is one thing: I think she should be a redhead.’ He said, ‘Absolutely, I agree.’ Then I met Anya and I said, ‘What do you think about Beth being a redhead?’ And she said, ‘What do you mean? Of course she’s a redhead.’ It was quite unusual. Why was it important to make that change?
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In the book, Beth has brown hair, but in the series she is a redhead. It’s a whole process, especially as the series spans so much time. If that’s wrong, if it doesn’t move forward correctly, then it won’t work. It’s the makeup and hair that you see in all the close ups. They have to age her to show her becoming more mature her becoming an alcoholic drug addict.
The makeup and hair had to tell that story.
She goes from being baby Beth to grown-up Beth. How important are Beth’s looks to the show’s plot? Then there’s the perfectly powdered face, neatly lined eyes, and bold red lip, which smudges and smears as she falls into the grip of alcohol and drug addiction. There’s Beth’s clinical, utilitarian micro-fringe haircut to signify a stripping of identity as she first joins the orphanage, which eventually softens into a side-parted bob of cascading curls as she matures into an elegant young woman. And it is Parker’s exquisite yet subtle hair and beauty looks that help narrate this journey. Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it’s a coming-of-age tale which sees Beth evolve from an orphan child to headstrong young woman, fighting to be seen in a male-dominated world of chess. Written and directed by Scott Frank, and based on the 1983 Walter Tevis novel of the same name, the series stars Anya Taylor-Joy as formidable chess prodigy, Beth Harmon. Parker’s most recent work, though, can be seen lighting up the small screen on the hit Netflix show The Queen’s Gambit.
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“I as a prop man to the face,” says Hollywood’s leading hair and makeup artist, British-born Daniel Parker, whose impressive CV includes credits on Troy (2004), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and TV series Chernobyl (2019).
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