‘A Different Man’ Makeup Designer Mike Marino On The Prosthetic Stages Of Sebastian Stan’s “Metamorphosis”

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When makeup designer Mike Marino signed on to do the prosthetics for A Different Man, he was taken in by the story’s ability to shine a comedic light on a dark subject.

Writer-director Aaron Schimberg’s take on someone’s obsession of self then led Marino to an Oscar nomination for his prosthetic designs.

A Different Man follows Edward (Sebastian Stan), an aspiring actor, who undergoes a medical procedure to drastically change his appearance.

When his new face gets in the way of the role he was born to play, he becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost. Marino looked to Adam Pearson for inspiration on what Edward’s initial prosthetics should look like, since the actors had to be playing off of each other, though Marino’s real craftsmanship came in the form of the “treatment stages” prosthetics. DEADLINE: What was your inspiration for Edward’s prosthetics? MIKE MARINO: The actual direct inspiration was Adam Pearson.