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X-Men’s Rebecca Romijn Explains Why She Actually Enjoyed The Makeup Process While Playing Mystique

X-Men’s Rebecca Romijn Explains Why She Actually Enjoyed The Makeup Process While Playing Mystique

Long before being a blue character in a Marvel movie was normalized by Guardians of the Galaxy’s Yondu and Nebula, Rebecca Romijn played Mystique, one of the most complex characters in the X-Men films. Since the actress passed the baton to Jennifer Lawrence, the Hunger Games star has shared her dislike for the makeup process. However, Rebecca Romjin happens to love the long get-ready process.

In a recent interview with Looper, she said, "I guess it was the makeup application. It was no joke! My call time was at midnight to be ready at 9AM. It was a nine-hour makeup process. We did, over the course of three movies, manage to get it down to seven hours, but that was still ... It was a big deal. And I realized pretty early on that was the job. I was getting paid to be a part of that makeup application. The acting was free. The job was getting all that makeup put on! Also, it was the most beautiful costume I've ever seen in my life. Every single time they finished, and I would look in the mirror, I would just look at it like it was a masterpiece. And I treasure it now, because hindsight is 20/20, and I don't remember how painful it was, but I really appreciate everything that came from that, really. I'm glad that I did it exactly how I did it. It was worth it. It was worth every single second of all that, of all those 11:30 wake-up calls to go to the set. I would try and go to bed at 7:30 or 8AM and just lay there, and then I would have to get up at 11:30PM and go to work, and work for 24 hours straight."


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