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Make-up artist specializing in special effects, he tells why producers and actors ask for it.
“It’s so realistic that you can’t tell if it’s real or fake.”
He is Matthew Mungle, an American special effects makeup artist and Oscar winner. He is behind one of Hollywood’s best kept secrets: penis prostheses. “Since then, I’ve been more or less known as “the penis guy”, for better or for worse.“, he smiles. Indeed, in recent years, fake penises have been on the rise. “Sometimes it’s so the actor has a bigger penis, sometimes it’s so he’s more comfortable, so he can do his scene without thinking, “Oh, I’m showing my real penis”. He no longer thinks about it and can concentrate on his game“, develops Matthew.
To find the right model, production can choose an existing prototype or request a custom creation. Once the model is chosen, Matthew Mungle goes to work to bring it to life. Also, the prostheses must be able to adapt to different types of scenes…
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