Boardwalk Empire S02E06

"I gotta eat lemons!"

Gentle readers, the terror is upon us. Forget the scalpings; forget the throat slashings. The truly terrifying plot line from I Tolerate Lucy- the best sitcom on TV right now- is here: the spawn of Lucy Danziger and Nelson Van Alden has arrived. Has there ever been a child in the history of television with a scarier genetic heritage and greater innate potential to become a psychopath? Last night's episode was called "The Age of Reason," and explored the notion of forgiveness as well as confession. The birth of the child has so far brought out the best we’ve seen in Lucy who pulled herself together and behaved quite sensibly after the initial shock; and it also showed us a kinder side of Mrs. Van Alden who showed real compassion for Lucy rather than dismissing her as a harlot. The hour started with Paz de la Huerta, bigger and blowsier than ever, begging for lemons and spreading her knees in a sad wooden chair. It ended back at the ragtime crash pad with Lucy holding the baby beatifically, saying "I did it all myself."

FOX411.com have taken the opportunity to find out out how the experts of the Boardwalk Empire makeup department made the enviably flat and toned tummy of Paz de la Huerta so completely nude and heavily pregnant...


“The majority of it was done with makeup,” Michele Paris, the head of the “Boardwalk Empire” makeup department revelaed. “With Paz’s body language, the lighting and the way she turns and carries herself, we were able to conceal the edges. I know that visual effects may have done a little bit near the edges of her back bra strap line in post-production, but from what I understand, there were minimal visual effects.”

Lucy’s faux belly took a lot of prep work. “We sat down with the writers and the director to discuss how far along Lucy was in her pregnancy. Then, we sent Paz to a prosthetic house, W. M. Creations, where they did a bust impression of her stomach,” Paris said. “We needed the impression because even though it is a mass-produced belly, we wanted the edges to be nice and clean.”

Once the prosthetic was made, it took almost three hours to apply, all before a 12-hour day of shooting. “It was a two-person job, it’s a pretty big prosthetic piece,” Paris explained. “It’s foam, so it weighs about 3-4 lbs. My assistant, Craig Lindberg, and I attached the prosthetic to the front of Paz’s stomach with glue, and then wrapped it around to the centre of her back. We centered the edges with the curvature of her back, so we were really able to conceal where the prosthetic begins and ends. We also airbrushed and painted on veins to give it life and texture.”

De la Hurta, for her part, was a good sport during the prosthetic’s application. “She was a trooper, she embraced it,” says Paris. “She loved playing pregnant, studying to be pregnant. It’s not easy to be pretty, sexy and pregnant. But for Paz, she had to hide her sexiness and really take away from who she is to become the Lucy character.” For De la Huerta, it’s all in a day’s work. “I consider myself one of the rare artists that are left,” she recently told Flaunt magazine. “I don’t even consider myself an actress. I consider myself a channel. I kind of live through every character I play.”


Television Series: Boardwalk Empire (S02E06- The Age of Reason)
Release Date: October 2011
Actress: Lisa Joyce
Video Clip Credit: Zorg & Wimsey










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