Source: Fresno Bee [follow link for complete interview]
DEFIANCE - FRESNO BEE: STEPHANIE LEONIDAS EMBRACES ALIEN LOOK
April 4, 2013
by Rick Bentley
Actors in sci-fi projects have to deal with elements that performers in other genres never face including special effects make-up. Think about it. For years, LeVar Burton had to stare through what was little more than a modified car air filter to play Commander Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Stephanie Leonidas, who portrays Irathient alien Irisa on the new Syfy Channel series “Defiance,” doesn’t have to look through a car part to do her job but she does have to deal with a prosthetic pieces across the bridge of her nose. Looking at her, the make-up just looks like a cool way to create the kind of otherworld look needed for the character. She has to look out through the make-up and while the prosthetic piece is small, it’s affected how she acts.
“At first, I didn’t think I would be able to move my face,” Leonidas says during a party to promote the new sci-fi series. “Actually, quite quickly it became a part of Irisa. Even the way I would move my face differently became part of her...”
It’s hard to tell if the British actress is just happy to be on such a big cable channel project or she’s being honest about wearing the alien make-up but she tells me “it’s amazing how quickly you get use to it.”
“Defiance” starts April 15 on the Syfy.
Aug 4 - Peter Capaldi is the NEW Doctor Who: BBC Video
Aug 1 - Continuum renewed for 3rd Season at Syfy
Jul 2 - Falling Skies renewed by TNT for 4th Season in 2014
Jun 1 - Doctor Who - Matt Smith Announces His Series Departure
May 17 - Syfy renews Warehouse 13 for a 5th and FINAL season in 2014 - 6 episodes only
May 10 '13 - Defiance Renewed for 2nd Season on Syfy
Apr 26 '13 - LA Times Show Tracker: NBC Renews Grimm for 3rd Season
Apr 10 - Syfy renews Being Human for 4th Season
Aug 1 - Continuum renewed for 3rd Season at Syfy
Jul 2 - Falling Skies renewed by TNT for 4th Season in 2014
Jun 1 - Doctor Who - Matt Smith Announces His Series Departure
May 17 - Syfy renews Warehouse 13 for a 5th and FINAL season in 2014 - 6 episodes only
May 10 '13 - Defiance Renewed for 2nd Season on Syfy
Apr 26 '13 - LA Times Show Tracker: NBC Renews Grimm for 3rd Season
Apr 10 - Syfy renews Being Human for 4th Season
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment