The second stage of aging of old age makeup with a healthy face was tricky, and the stage scene because I knew the audience would be able to compare both sides at the same time you want to do cool prosthetic makeup, but you don’t want to make it too obvious. You want to blend with the face because you are building up with the prosthetics, but at the same time, you see the other side of the face which is not wearing any prosthetics. That’s hard. So there is a balance.
Nic Cage is a huge movie buff, so he knew exactly where he wanted to go with things. So we tried three noses. I was pushing for more of a classic plastic surgery nose, the smaller one, and I got voted out. He and the director were like, we tried it and they were right. It didn’t look as good as the final nose.