Halle Berry is giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at her transformation for her latest film, including the fake tattoos and fake underarm hair needed to pull off the role.
58-year-old actress, who portrays the character of Momma in the horror-thriller Never Let Goshared in an Instagram post on Saturday, September 28, just what it took to embody the fictional role.
“Mom in the making 🎥,” Berry captioned a photo of a theatrical underarm look and other behind-the-scenes pics. “One of the most complex characters I’ve had the pleasure of portraying. #NeverLetGo is in theaters everywhere!”
Halle Berry shows off fake underarm hair for ‘Never Let Go’ on Instagram Sep 28, 2024
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In the first clip in the post, Berry can be seen sitting next to make-up artist Norma Patton-Lowin, who laughed with her as the pair looked at fake underarm hair. “So what’s going on here, Norma?” Berry asked Patton-Lowin. “What were you doing? What were you doing there, Norma?”
After the makeup artist shared a laugh with Berry about the “things I do to you,” the actress also showed off her custom brows and some realistic-looking tattoos that were applied for the performance.
“Thank you Halle for letting me push you to the limit for your character! I had so much fun working with you to create Momma 🙏🏽💗,” the makeup artist commented.
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Other images in the carousel post show Berry’s fake armpit hair in a mirror selfie, Berry posing with blonde hair and a denim top, a topless mirror selfie, and the crew clapping for what appeared to be a successful shoot during one of the final days of filming. Never Let Go.
According to the film’s official synopsis, the Oscar winner plays the “protective mother” of twin sons, played by Anthony B. Jenkins and Percy Daggs IV, whose “only protection” is “their house and the protective bond of their family.”
“Needed to stay connected at all times – even if they tie themselves with ropes – they cling to each other, encouraging each other to never let go. But when one of the boys questions whether evil is real, the bonds that bind them are severed, which has launched a terrifying fight for survival,” adds the synopsis of the Alexandre Aja-directed film.
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In April, Berry was talking about the film at CinemaCon when she revealed that she had to “do a bit of method acting” to get into the role. She then shared that her character in the horror movie “ate bugs and frogs — raw frogs — in the woods,” and that she “really had to skin a squirrel.”
“These things challenged me wildly to create some reality in this world that seemed so alien,” she said.
PEOPLE previously reported that PETA confirmed that director Aja only used realistic-looking props in the production.
Never Let Go it’s in theaters now.
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