Creature and Prosthetics Maestro Arjen Tuiten on Raising the Dead in “Lee Cronin’s The Mummy”

When director Lee Cronin set out to reinvent “The Mummy,” he wanted something audiences had never seen before—and that meant rethinking the monster from the skin up. Prosthetics designer Arjen Tuiten drew inspiration from classic horror, real mummies, and even bodies preserved in ice to build a creature that evolves onscreen in chilling stages.

“One Battle After Another”: The Makeup Magic Behind Sean Penn’s Gasp-Inducing Third-Act Reveal

Spoilers below.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson wants audiences to see One Battle After Another‘s stellar ensemble cast, warts and all. As a result, makeup department head Heba Thorisdottir and special effects makeup artist and prosthetics designer Arjen Tuiten knew that less would be more, with the only exception being Sean Penn’s Col. Stephen Lockjaw, whose shocking third-act disfigurement is the result of a masterclass of makeup and prosthetics design from Thorisdottir and Tuiten.