‘Rings of Power’ star: Makeup was hell, beard ‘weighs as much as a newborn baby’

Owain Arthur needed to spend nearly three hours a day in hair and make-up to rework into his character, Prince Durin IV.

“Rings of Energy” star Owain Arthur carried round a “new child child” whereas filming the brand new Amazon Prime Video collection — within the type of a beard.

With a purpose to play Prince Durin IV within the present that debuted Thursday, he went by way of the wringer within the make-up chair and it didn’t cease there.

The Welsh actor, 39, stated the fuzzy, braided beard he wore all day on set weighed a number of kilos and got here in 16 separate items.

“[It was] connected to my face so it could transfer however not pull,” Arthur informed Selection, including the beard “weighs as a lot as a new child child.”

“[The] hook takes plenty of the load. It’s additionally connected to the wig on the again,” he defined.

Arthur stated the workforce additionally determined to have him put on the beard decrease on his face so he might “specific” feelings “and never have the make-up be a hindrance.”

Arthur’s look was impressed by Scottish knights and kings.

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Given the difficult course of, Arthur had two artists engaged on him for over two and half hours every day to get his look good for the half.

Jane O’Kane, head of the make-up and hair division for the fantasy collection, broke down Arthur’s transformation course of with Selection, noting she wished Durin IV “to be bigger than life and to have a giant presence in a room amongst the heightened elves.”

Make-up and hair artist Aly Webby would first apply Durin’s prosthetic ears and nostril, after which fasten his beard. Because the hair course of was so in depth, it consisted of a full wig with neck-hair items, an underneath beard, sideburns, cut up chin components, a mustache and even nostril strands.

Arthur’s beard weighed a number of kilos and consisted of 16 items.

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Nonetheless, the hairs weren't constructed from faux pelts: They have been truly created from a combination of human, angora goat, horse and yak hair.

“We built-in actual copper threads to present it one thing distinctive in gentle reflection and texture,” O’Kane defined. “There have been additionally felt dread sections within the beard, all handmade.

“It was an intensive jigsaw puzzle of facial hair,” she added.

Arthur additionally had the troublesome process of withstanding the warmth whereas sitting within the make-up chair. With a purpose to be sure that his physique temperature stayed common, he wore a cooling vest whereas present process his physique alterations.

“Rings of Energy” relies on the enduring “Lord of the Rings” collection by Peter Jackson and J.R.R. Tolkien.

The present takes place within the Second Age of Center-earth, set 1000's of years earlier than “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.” Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Nazanin Boniadi, Charles Edwards, Morfydd Clark and Ismael Cruz Córdova additionally star within the new collection.