Approximately 30 actors at a time were Humanimals in the film, requiring 75 makeup artists on set to get them into character. "Those were big days," Dmitriew says. "Each one of them had such a different approach and system to putting it together," she says. "They all had teeth, gloves, and some wore contact lenses."
In the movie, you'll instantly notice the larger-than-life eyes of the rabbit and turtle characters. Those pieces were 3D printed and designed by the Legacy Effects team to work in conjunction with their facial prosthetic pieces. "The eyes were then put on after makeup was done, and they would lock in with magnets," Dmitriew says.
Each of the wigs for the Humanimals was a "unique puzzle" that had to be put on piece by piece. "They were hand-tied wigs — by the amazing wig makers at Legacy Effects — and built around the prosthetic pieces," Russek says. This ensured none of the hair pieces covered the makeup.
