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How the Hairstylist and Makeup Artist for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Refined a "Homemade, Jittery, Imperfect" Look for Viola Davis' Portrayal

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Viola Davis literally melts into the title role of the blues singer in Netflix's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, a film adaptation of the August Wilson play.

Her visage, drenched in sweat and rouge and topped with a wiry wig, becomes one of the most searing images of the film. The Hollywood Reporter spoke with the masterminds — makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera and hairstylist Mia Neal — behind Davis' transformation into the legendary Ma Rainey about the challenges of bringing the larger-than-life Mother of the Blues to the screen.

What inspiration helped you decide on Ma Rainey's look? Sergio Lopez-Rivera There's not that much photographic evidence of Ma Rainey, at least not in the way that would tell you how this woman felt about her face or.

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