“The Elephant Man” make-up took seven to eight hours to apply each day, and two hours to remove. Sir John Hurt would arrive on the set at 5:00 a.m., and shoot from noon until 10:00 p.m. Because of the strain on the actor, he worked alternate days. Make-up artist Wally Schneiderman described it as “one of the hardest pictures I had to do. Everything was so precise. There were 14 pieces, not including the head, and they had to be applied exactly, every day for continuity. You couldn’t afford to make a mistake.”

🎥: “The Elephant Man” (1980), dir. David Lynch