Why Cynthia Erivo Wears Prosthetic Ears in ‘Depraved’

There was much more to Cynthia Erivo‘s Depraved make-up than simply inexperienced paint.

In an interview with Elle printed on Thursday, Nov. 14, the singer and actress, 37, shared the behind-the-scenes particulars of her getting-ready course of on the set of the extremely anticipated movie. Along with huge quantities of inexperienced make-up to rework into her character of Elphaba, Erivo additionally wore prosthetic ears for the function.

“I’ve 1,000,000 piercings, in order that they introduced in a prosthetic artist, who created mainly a shell for my ears,” she advised the outlet. “These aren’t my ears!”

The Broadway star additionally shared that the shade of inexperienced make-up used within the movie was custom-made for her.

“It was actually ‘Cynthia Inexperienced,'” Erivo mentioned. “Relying on how a lot inexperienced we had been doing — head, chest, palms, full physique — it may take as much as 4 hours.”

“Every part was specific, proper right down to my eyebrows,” she additional defined of the meticulous make-up course of. “[My makeup artist] created a vacuum type so the freckles would keep in the identical place day-after-day.”

Erivo additionally pulled again the curtain on the bodily calls for of the musical function.

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“I used to be up at six o’clock within the morning on my treadmill coaching,” she recalled. “I’d run and sing on the treadmill. I used to be at all times ensuring that my physique was prepared. I wanted to get my physique used to being on wires [for the flight scenes]. There’s a thrill that I obtained from it. I loved the powerfulness of with the ability to get on a wire and be flipped the wrong way up. It’s not going to go proper the primary time —perhaps the second or third—and that’s okay.”

All through the Depraved press tour, Erivo and her costar Ariana Grande are totally leaning into methodology dressing in keeping with their characters. Grande, who performs Glinda, has embraced all issues pink and iridescent, in step with Glinda’s signature female model.

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Erivo has donned her justifiable share of witchy ensembles as properly. On the Mexico Metropolis premiere on Nov. 11, the star turned heads in a Thom Browne column costume that featured lengthy sleeves and theatrical palms on the shoulders. The hooded prime additionally buttoned down the entrance for much more drama.