Hollywood actors often get into bad light for making inappropriate or unusual demands while filming a movie or show. However, it was not the cast for Brad Pitt’s Fight Club co-star Helena Bonham Carter, who made an unusual request to her make-up artists. Starring alongside the Oscar winner, the actress portrayed the character of Marla Singer, a character known for her self-destructive, troubled, and eccentric nature. Carter’s request to her make-up artist to do her make-up with her left hand aligned with her character’s quirks in the movie.
Brad Pitt’s Fight Club Co-Star’s Unconventional Make-Up Request
David Fincher’s 1999 film starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter follows a white-collared insomniac who starts a fight club with a soap salesman, Tyler Durden, and his relationship with Carter’s character, Marla Singer.
While the movie did not do great at the box office at the time, it has grown to have a cult following and has become one of the best movies of Pitt and Bonham Carter’s career. Carter’s character is believed to have a crucial role in the story’s development as she creates a rift between the co-founders of the fight club.
To make her character more apparent, the Harry Potter actress insisted her right-handed make-up artist do her eyes with her left hand. The actress believed that Marla was neither too skilled nor bothered to ensure her make-up looked perfect.
She also claimed that applying the eye makeup with the left hand would give it a sloppy look that would be perfectly suitable for Maria Singer. And it worked for the character as it contributed to Maria Singer’s disheveled and troubled appearance in the movie.
The Studio Did Not Want Helena Bonham Carter as Maria
According to IMDb, the studio was looking forward to casting a big name alongside Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in the 1999 film. The actresses in the race to land the role of Maria Singer in Fight Club included several prominent names at the time, including Courtney Love, Winona Ryder, Helena Bonham Carter, and Reese Witherspoon.
The final two actresses to be shortlisted for the role were Carter and Witherspoon. While the filmmaker David Fincher wanted to cast the Enola Holmes actress, the studio was adamant about casting the Legally Blonde star. However, she turned down the offer, allegedly because she found the character too dark. And the offer eventually went to Carter, who did her best to bring the character to life in the 1999 movie.
Fight Club is available on Prime Video.
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