It Bruiser: Julie Pearce

It List 1999

Entertainment Weekly, July 25, 1999

Age 44

Why her? As chief makeup artist for David Fincher's slugfest flick, Fight Club, Pearce oversaw the transformation of pretty boys Brad Pitt and Edward Norton into battered pulp.

Big Break Mucking up Sean Penn and Michael Douglas on Fincher's The Game

Work Habits "I always look like a slob because I'm usually covered with blood," laughs Pearce, who fashioned Norton's injuries, including a single-nostril bloody noses, bruised knuckles, and stiches inside his mouth. "Edward gets pretty messed up," she says. "I wanted [it] to look gritty and realistic."

'Fight Club' Preparation Pearce spent hours studying extreme fighting and pay-per-view boxing. Watch for the extra with a chunk missing from one ear, she suggests. "Mike Tyson was my inspiration for that one."

Weirdest Set Secret Fincher "is very particular about the color of blood. We had to have it custom-colored."

Next Working with Nicolas Cage for Gone in 60 Seconds. "It's not real blood intensive," Pearce laments, "but there is a lot of action."

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