Turning Kristen Stewart into Princess Diana isn’t cheap.
During a recent interview with InStyle magazine, “Spencer” hair and makeup designer Wakana Yoshihara confirmed the two Diana wigs created for the film cost approximately $6,000 each and took six weeks to create.
Yoshihara previously worked on projects such as Kenneth Branagh’s “Cinderella,” Pedro Almdóvar’s “The Human Voice,” and Ben Wheatley’s “High-Rise.” The artist is a frequent collaborator of Branagh’s and also worked on “Belfast,” giving Yoshihara two Oscar contenders this year.
IndieWire ranks Yoshihara’s work on “Spencer” as a frontrunner to land an Oscar nomination next year for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.“This process took about six weeks, and I probably colored the wig three times before I met Kristen,” Yoshihara said.
“When we did the first fitting I knew the color wasn’t right, so I colored it again.
In the beginning, [Kristen] didn’t want to wear a wig,
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