How ‘Babylon’s’ Makeup Head Used Dirt and Sweat to Turn Margot Robbie Into an Aspiring Movie Star

One creative brief that director Damien Chazelle sent “Babylon” makeup department head Heba Thorisdottir included dirt and sweat — and he wanted lots of it. It was all part of the gigantic folders filed with research that the filmmaker had done on Hollywood in the 1920s. What he sought from his team were looks that hadn’t been done before, because this film was about a cast of characters trying to make it in Hollywood. A book of mugshots from the era served as Thorisdottir’s holy grail. It showed women who had nothing, who were hookers, or wanted to get arrested… Read Full Article