Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
#1Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 1:54pm
So watching the DVD of the OBC doing Into the Woods, I couldn't help but notice Robert Westenberg's fantastic wolf costume. Was this prosthetic make-up or some sort of a mask? It seems awfully intricate for him to have on for only 3 min....and to get off in time to be the Prince about 15-20 minutes later.
Are there any pics of this floating around?...the process etc?
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#2re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 2:13pmMaybe it was enhanced for the filming?
#2re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 2:15pmI don't think it was that intricate. It's just several large prosthetics. And he uses that FULL 20 mins to change into the prince.
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#3re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 2:22pmIt was mostly a mask with some simple eye makeup underneath. Very easy and quick to remove.
#4re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:05pmI've always been disturbed bu the wolf's penis and 8-pack
#5re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:44pm"disturbing" doesn't even begin to describe it
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#6re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:48pmSo were those 8 in. prosthetic too? Or just intricate make-up?
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#7re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:49pm
Is it wrong to admit I kind of found the wolf package vaguely erotic? I've had a crush on Robert Westenberg since I saw that. 
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#8re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:52pmI was in awe of that scene as a kid, but I never understood why... not until much later.
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#9re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:54pm
The wolf ceased to be as endowed as he was on B'way when the show went on the road. 
#10re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:56pmI love watching the video with friends and waiting for them to discover the wolf's naughty bits.
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#11re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:58pmI know! I was watching it with a friend one time and she was like "Does that wolf have...?" to which I reply, "Oh, yes indeedy." And it's not enough that he has them, he has to thrust them at the end of "Hello, Little Girl" when he howls.
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#12re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 3:59pmThe costume sketch is also pretty detailed in the OBC booklet. There also was a story book that came out that might help with makeup questions.
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#13re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 4:02pmI found those questionable costume sketches to be quite eerie, especially the one of Jack's Mother!
#14re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 4:06pmThe wolf penis is hilarious, yet quite erotic. lol.
#15re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 5:56pm
morosco, if he was more endowed than when I saw him on the 1st national tour then....oh my!
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#16re: Wolf Make-up in OBC of Into the Woods
Posted: 2/13/07 at 8:35pm
I'm studying Into the Woods with my kids now - some have noticed the wolf's -- endowment -- and snickered quietly, but most of them don't even pick up on it. They DO wonder how Westenberg sings with that thing on his mouth that makes it look like he's a puppet! One class DID pick up on the penis - and we actually ended up having a pretty interesting discussion about how the wolf was a predator, and then why the same actor plays him and the prince.
It's amazing - going through the video with the scripts in front of them how much the kids are picking up in terms of connections and character motivation and the lessons to be learned and the structural elements of the story (we're reading it in connection with a unit on fairy tales, plot strutcture, theme, and character motivation). Reading it so many times in a day over and over is making ME pick up on things I've never picked up on before!
For instance, I'd realized a long time ago that I Know Things Now, Giants in the Sky, and On the Steps of the Palace are VERY similar in terms of content (tell the story, give the moral) - but I DIDN'T realize until this morning that IKTN is in first person, and the other two are in second person. In talking it over with the kids, we came to the decision that Little Red has accepted her lesson at that point and really accepted what she's gone through. Jack is still very child-like in his song, and hasn't accepted responsibility for his stealing (which also connects to the baker being asleep at that point), and Cinderella is also in the middle of making her decision at that point - so there's a removal of character and situation. My seventh and eighth graders picked up on that - which AMAZED ME!
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