02/09/2026
How do you make two different actors look like the same man, decades apart, without the audience noticing the transition?
From ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ 101 ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ , Hair, Make-Up & Prosthetics Designer Lynda Armstrong has spent more than three decades working behind the scenes of major international productions.
For The Yellow Tie she faced a very different challenge: creating the visual continuity between Ben Schnetzer and John Malkovich, who portray legendary Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache at different stages of his life.
Bespoke wigs, subtle prosthetics, ageing and extensive historical research were all part of creating transformations that needed to feel completely natural.
In our special interview, Lynda takes us behind the scenes of ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ and into a side of filmmaking audiences rarely get to see.
https://prprestige.co.uk/people-in-film-how-do-two-actors-become-the-same-man-lynda-armstrong-on-the-yellow-tie/