Jennifer Gray is making her mark on the 2023 TV schedule by means of the Lifetime film Gwen Shamblin: Ravenous for Salvation, nonetheless, you won’t notice it is her at first look. Donning a number of totally different blonde wigs and caked-on make-up, the Soiled Dancing star appears to be like completely totally different because the spiritual chief and Christian food regimen guru, and it seems Jamie Lee Curtis had so much to do along with her unimaginable transformation.
Gray opened up about turning into Gwen Shamblin, whereas speaking in regards to the Lifetime biopic with ET, and famous that her previous buddy actually helped her rework. The actress made it clear when she was contemplating the function she wanted the most effective wigmaker within the recreation to tackle the character, and Curtis was in a position to advocate the most effective of the most effective as a result of her work on the Halloween motion pictures. Gray defined:
I used to be speaking to Jamie Lee Curtis and he or she mentioned, ‘Nicely, you must go together with Rob Pickens. He is the most effective wigmaker. He simply did my Halloween wigs [and] he did Ana de Armas for Blonde. When she tells me with that form of stern voice, I do what she says, and so I referred to as him.
Primarily based on the trailer alone, and looking out again at Curtis’ totally different appears to be like effectively as Ana de Armas’ transformation in Blonde, hiring Rob Pickens appeared to have really, really helped Gray rework into this actual girl.
Gray performs Shamblin, who is understood for her controversial practices as a non secular chief and food regimen guru and died in a tragic accident in 2021. The actress behind the titular function defined she solely agreed to the function as a result of they let her have the assets to do a full-on transformation. She defined that Shamblin’s hair is instantly associated to her energy, saying:
The extra highly effective she grew to become, the larger her hair received. The upper the hair, the nearer to God.
Gray defined that the wigs had been necessary, and he or she knew they’d be costly. Nonetheless, she mentioned in the event that they gave her “some low-cost wig” it wouldn’t have labored. Nicely, thank goodness she and the Every thing In every single place All at As soon as star are longtime associates, and a few of Curtis’ finest motion pictures are the Halloween motion pictures, as a result of she was in a position to present nice recommendation for her pal. To not point out in EEAAO Curtis additionally had a fantastic transformation and he or she earned her first Oscar nomination for that character, so Gray was in good fingers when it got here to determining methods to fully rework.
Primarily based on the trailer alone it’s clear Gray’s dedication to her transformation with each the wigs and her accent has paid off, as a result of she appears to be like completely totally different, and like she was fully immersed within the function.
Whereas Gray is finest identified for starring in one of many finest dance motion pictures, possibly her new function as Shamblin will find yourself as one in every of her most memorable transformations.
To look at Gray’s transformation in Gwen Shamblin, and to see the influence Curtis’ wig suggestion had on the movie, you may watch Gwen Shamblin: Ravenous for Salvation on Lifetime.