SHUFFLING along the high street, the white-haired old man looks just like your average pensioner as he politely raises his hat.
But this veteran shopper is neither elderly nor male — “he” is in fact The Sun’s favourite model Rhian Sugden, as you have never seen her before.
The 32-year-old former Page 3 girl agreed to be transformed into an OAP for the day to experience life as a silver citizen, and her makeover fooled everyone — including hubby Oliver.
People in the street were truly astounded when she opened her mouth and a woman’s voice came out.
The inspiration for Rhian’s day in grey was actress Tilda Swinton’s remarkable transformation into an 82-year-old man in new horror film Suspiria, which is out today.
In a classic piece of cinema deception, its director Luca Guadagnino originally claimed that a character in the film, psychoanalyst Josef Klemperer, had been played by 82-year-old screen newcomer Lutz Ebersdorf.
But after keeping up the pretence for weeks, Oscar-winner Tilda confessed she was in fact Lutz.
So to see if The Sun could fool the public in the same way, we sent Rhian to undergo the same ageing process at the hands of Tilda’s Oscar-winning make-up artist Mark Coulier.
And after her transformation, Rhian, from Manchester, said: “I loved it. I couldn’t believe it was me.
“My husband didn’t even recognise me. It was very funny when I went in to kiss him.”
After dressing in old man’s clothes, including a very heavy coat to conceal her 32E bust, Rhian headed out to spend an afternoon as a pensioner.
The locals in Harpenden, Herts, were none the wiser about her true identity. When she dropped her shopping bags a man stopped to help and at the bus stop she totally blended in.
Rhian said: “I enjoyed being someone else and just seeing the reaction from people as an elderly gentleman.
“People seemed to be more inclined to help me — unlike when I am Rhian and nobody bothers to help me with my luggage.”
At the Age UK shop, the two volunteers were stunned to learn that the gentleman was a young lady.
Anne Wright, 68, said: “It’s amazing, you wouldn’t have the faintest idea. It’s so real. I wouldn’t have suspected. I would have said it was an 80-year-old man.”
Over at the Harpenden Arms, regulars were equally bamboozled.
Barman Ben Easter, 22, said: “It is impressive that underneath there’s a young woman. You wouldn’t think it.”
Mark has been in the movie make-up business for 31 years. He won his Academy Awards for 2011 film The Iron Lady, for which he had to turn Meryl Streep into Margaret Thatcher, and 2014’s visually stunning The Grand Budapest Hotel.
His work also includes all the Harry Potter movies, 007 film Spectre, X-Men, two Star Wars prequels, Hellraiser and the Little Britain TV series.
Turning Rhian into an old man took two sessions at his Coulier Creatures FX studio near St Albans, Herts.
On the first day a cast was made of her face using plaster of Paris and silicone, then ten days later she went back to have pieces of fake skin and real hair glued on.
In three and a half hours, Rhian’s appearance aged by half a century.
But she felt strangely comfortable in her new skin, saying: “I don’t feel hot or cold. It feels like my own skin.
“When I turn my head it’s totally natural. To the touch it is soft, like real skin.”
For Mark and his team of 25 make-up artists, turning a young woman into an old man is the toughest job they can be given.
He said: “A female face doesn’t lend itself to being transformed into a man’s. It’s far more difficult than creating zombies or aliens. Humans are harder to do.” Silicone is used because it has a flesh-like feel and light shines through it, like real skin.
Mark and his team have their work cut out to keep up with the demands of Britain’s booming movie industry.
The prosthetic face pieces such as the ones used on Rhian can only be used once and there have to be multiple copies made for each actor.
Mark said: “On a film set each piece of silicone skin is thrown away at the end of each day.
“When we did the make-up for the forthcoming Stan & Ollie movie, we needed 40 sets of prosthetics just for John C Reilly, who was playing Oliver Hardy.”
Despite having enjoyed the transformation, by the end of the day Rhian was ready to go back to her old self.
She said: “It’s feeling kind of strange now. I can’t wait to get it off.”
One day was enough to put age before beauty — and she is not in a hurry to man up again.
How did they do it?
Stage 1: Team of three make cast of face
- Rhian’s ponytail wrapped in foil and bald cap put on
- Mould for face cast is made
- Plaster of Paris placed on the back of Rhian’s head
- Layer of green silicone placed on her face to capture detail
- Layer of purple silicone applied on top of that to get more detail
- Plaster of Paris placed on the front of Rhian’s head
- Five-minute wait for the cast to set
- Cast removed to reveal perfect replica of Rhian’s face inside
- Rhian’s skin tone noted
- Silicone skin pieces made over ten days
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Stage 2: Team of two apply silicone skin pieces
- Rhian’s long hair tied up with clips and skull cap placed on top
- Silicone painted a skin tone
- Wrinkly neck placed on
- Chin glued on using medical adhesive.
- Forehead put on, including grey eyebrows.
- Hair and moustache go on. (Wig made of human hair, moustache made of yak hair)
- Make-up complete after three hours
- Rhian dressed in old man’s clothes by stylist
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