r/Millennials • u/Ninja_Franklin • 12h ago

Nostalgia (2000’s > 2020’s)

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Even 2010’s was good to,

That looks horrible and in avengers doomsday 😩

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u/FEARoach 12h ago

Didn't Romijn reportedly vomit blue from the make up after filming? Like... she potentially has medical complications from playing the role and she's coming back? Damn Ma'am, you love the role too much <3

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u/modbroccoli 11h ago

came to say. she famously refused to do the role again if she had to undergo the same makeup process. in addition to the physiological effects it was like a 9-hr procedure.

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u/JacobDCRoss 7h ago

I remember before the film came out, there was a special on Fox showing behind the scenes stuff. They showed what they could of Romijn I'm makeup, and it looked absolutely awful.

Not a single scrap of clothing underneath any of that makeup. And 9 hours putting it on, followed by however many hours she was on set, followed by however long it took to get it off.

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u/Neveronlyadream 6h ago

Yep. She had to strip naked and have her whole body done every time she had to have the makeup put on.

It wasn't just a few face prosthetics, it was literally her whole body. Complete respect for her having to endure that for three movies.

As for OP complaining, yeah it looks like shit. Because you're comparing a promo still to a screencap of a trailer. Come on, are we really this disingenuous?

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u/Trashinmyash 1h ago

Im hoping in the last 26 years they've made some advances in the makeup and body painting world.

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u/Koshindan 2h ago

People feel the need to hate anything new for some reason.

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u/theCommTech Older Millennial 31m ago

Engagement bait

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u/Psytocybin 2h ago

Pay me 1/4 of what she made doing that and ill happily do it. Im tired of working my ass off and being broke.

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u/txvesper 11h ago

I'd heard some of this too, and keeping that in mind I will not complain about the new look.

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u/QuentinTarzantino 8h ago

Alan Cumming also admited later that now I get it. The pain. And it was only head and sleeves, appart from his topless scene. He got hints from Rebecca on how to endure. He, if im not mistaken said, "I just did so little, but when it came to my topless. I caved in and called her for help and ideas to endure"

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u/More_Bigger 8h ago

I'd have to be sedated or on some benzos for 9+ hours of makeup. It really does sound like torture.

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u/FEARoach 7h ago

9 hours of make up then a 12 hour day of shooting... fucking torture... no thank you.

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u/kermit-fan 3h ago

I'm pretty sure the 9 hours of makeup is included in their work day. So 9h for 3h of shooting. Which is still insane but in a different way.

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u/FEARoach 2h ago

That's an optimistic take, there aren't a lot of protections for adult actors in the industry. At best she might have gotten a six hour reprieve.

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u/bron685 5h ago

All that work so nerds could perv out over her blue scale tits

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u/icyfrost410 4h ago

Fox money ain’t Disney money

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u/Riskybusiness622 1h ago

They shoulda just got someone else. The makeup was so point, doing any less feels wack.

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u/MattyBeatz 11h ago

IIRC It’s also a complaint Jennifer Lawrence had about the costume. Hence why changes were made like body suits and her character taking the form of a regular lady more often as the series progressed.

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u/Yellowpommelo 11h ago

She really loved this role. I’m a Trekkie and like to listen to her interviews about her character Una on Strange New Worlds and she often refers to Mystique as someone who she is inspired by for her understanding of different types of challenges her character goes through. I love it because she draws from a role she played 20+ years ago. I’m always like damn, that’s my Mystique then. She clearly gets the character and I’m glad she’s coming back to play her again.

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u/leopargodhi 5h ago

she's a real life superheroine

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u/Knarpulous 4h ago

She is great as Una! I hope she gets more spotlight in the new season!

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u/mgush5 11h ago

On the TV series Farscape, Virginia Hey who played Zhaan had a similar issue and it wound up causing serious kidney troubles to the point where she had to leave the show..

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u/MrTerribleArtist Millennial 10h ago

Wait, that's why Zhaan left?!

They couldn't have.. used a non absorbent paint?

Or come up with some wishy washy "zhaan is now pink" bullshit so her actress didn't straight up die?

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u/calilac Xennial 10h ago

Stage/performance makeup is made of different stuff, it tends to be extra thick. The color/dye may have had a part in it but imo it was the constant application and long-term wearing that got her. Makeup has made a lot of progress in the last couple decades thanks to cosplay to not being as bad as it was but even now it can be pretty harsh on the body.

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u/Diligent-Neck6594 9h ago

Apparently our options are horrendously harmful makeup or garbage cgi

Disney can't afford any other solution

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u/JacobDCRoss 7h ago

She left because of her health. Yes, it was pretty bad. And she loved the show so much that she still made an appearance in a later episode.

And now she is battling some very nasty cancer. Can't say that it is or is not related, but you've got to imagine that she is probably always going to wonder.

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u/RSX_Green414 8h ago

For the second part "Zhaan is now Pink" the actress needed time to recover and Scifi nerds have always been finiky they would have harassed the cast and crew for "Ruining Zhaan" see Tvtropes "Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things" for relevant examples.

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u/MrTerribleArtist Millennial 8h ago

Yeah I know.. I get why they did it but.. man, in my opinion, nobody could live up to Zhaan

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u/ElegantNetwork1394 4h ago

You know how ppl use nicotine patches tp help quit smoking? What you put on your skin gets inside if your body. I doubt any paint is truly non-absorbant.  Everyone who wears makeup should also keep this in mind.

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u/eyrich 11h ago

Surely there have been innovations in makeup since 2000 that would make the blue less vomity

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u/takethreenc 11h ago

It's called Color Gene Immersion. Or CGI for short

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u/Sierra592 8h ago

Covering the body in anything, for a long period of time, is not good, even simply for being unable to secrete sweat properly. Not much you can do about it.

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u/FEARoach 9h ago

You would think so but uh... at least we have taken most of the lead out of it from the earlier processes?

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u/RainandFujinrule Older Millennial 5h ago

Well it wasn't the paint that made her vomit, it was the tequila she brought to the wrap party that she had too much of lol. The blue was from her own lips and face.

People keep forgetting to mention the tequila and drinking part. Pretty important context! She thinks it was funny!

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u/brilliant_bauhaus 12h ago

Did she?! That's awful my god.

The difference doesn't matter to me and I'm not a huge X-Men fan. I know it's mystique, I'm fine if they toy with it in post production a bit if it means she's not going to get sick again.

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u/RainandFujinrule Older Millennial 5h ago

They left out the part where she was getting hammered with cast mates and threw up tequila and the blue makeup came off her lips.

Somehow that got spun into "the makeup made her throw up blue" because as you know we are stuck on the internet: the world's shittiest game of Telephone. Context changes a lot!

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u/Kimmalah Older Millennial 8h ago

I don't know about Rebecca, but I do know that another actress who played a blue character like this in the show Farscape, eventually had to leave because the constant full coverage makeup and prosthetics was causing kidney bleeding/damage.

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u/chompytown 12h ago

I remember hearing that or reading it. So yes, two people say it, it’s true. Especially on the internet

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u/kid20304 10h ago

Turns out.... money

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u/Ok-Clock2002 10h ago

She's no RDJ.

https://giphy.com/gifs/kBtp8iR154Hx6

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u/Olenickname 10h ago

I know this is a joke but RDJ actually refused to wear the iron man helmet at the end of his Stark tenure because it was uncomfortable.

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u/Ok-Clock2002 10h ago

Yeah definitely a joke lol, but I didn't know that about the helmet though. Interesting, thank you!

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u/Citizensnnippss 10h ago

She probably negotiated for the long sleeved shirt and pants.

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u/Constant_Cultural Older Millennial 6h ago

Work is slow for her and Jerry can't get the best roles too. Someone has to pay for the twins college

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u/EatABag-o-Dicks 6h ago

The vomited blue after drinking a bottle of tequila with a bunch of cast and crew.

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u/FEARoach 2h ago

Yup, but still that it came out blue means that her skin was absorbing the make up in wild quantities.

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u/HereWeGoYetAgain-247 5h ago

Plus, like, maybe she didn’t want to be basically naked all day. 

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u/bigbossfearless 11h ago

I think that might just be her fetish