For Renée Zellweger, the shooting of The Thing about Pam, his new series, was no picnic. Indeed, the actress had to wear facial prostheses to embody her character, the Machiavellian Pam Hupp who hit the headlines in the United States in the case of the murder of Betsy Faria in 2011. But from the first day of filming, the star of Bridget Jones understood that there was going to be a problem: she was allergic to prostheses!
“As you put them on, you’re overexcited, and then you get up and say to yourself, ‘Wait a minute. I think I’m allergic.” I was so allergic to adhesives, it was hilarious. I took a lot of Benadryl (an antihistamine). Many of Benadryl”, she said on the set of Tonight Show by Jimmy Fallon.
time to kill
Especially since the transformation of Renée Zellweger took several hours every day. But the actress took the opportunity to settle the small daily affairs.
” It’s good. You know, you can call your mum from your chair, read your emails, do your Christmas shopping,” she continued, before paying tribute to Arjen Tuiten, the makeup artist who took care of her. on the tray. ” He’s a genius. He takes care of all the casting and he paints by hand right down to the freckles,” she raved.
The Thing About Pam started last Thursday on NBC and the first episode is already available on the Salto platform.