Old-Age Movie Prosthetics Fun
Don’t you just love those old TV programmes and movies where the main characters are made to look decades older? Whether it’s a severe bout of the alien disease “geriatricitis” or an unintentional time-travelling trip, the actors are subjected to hours of meticulous prosthetics work as artists work their magic with latex.
But just how realistic is it? For some of the earlier prosthetics (20+ years ago), let’s compare the “fake old”actor with the “real old” actor.
Here’s Diana Muldaur, or Dr. Pulaski from Star Trek The Next Generation in 1989, compared with what she looks like now. Good effort, I think.
Now, let’s see Lea Thompson, who played Lorraine McFly in Back to the Future. She was brought forward 30 years and met herself in 2015. Not quite as good, but give her 10 years and we’ll take another look!
Another one from Star Trek TNG (they had a lot of latex to spare after molding Worf’s forehead). Here’s Patrick Stewart, after living a lifetime on planet Kataan with no sunblock. Again, not a great effort but real-life Patrick seems immune to the effects of aging anyway.
If you can think of any more, let me know and I’ll post them up. (Remember to supply photos!)
Tags: movies, old age, prosthetics