Mariah Carey given less makeup for new role
Did they beat her with an ugly stick or simply not give her makeup?
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”
The legendarily high-maintenance pop diva underwent a soup-to-nuts physical transformation, checking her glossy celebrity patina at the door in order to convincingly portray the film’s Ms. Weiss: a drab but deeply empathetic soul helping a troubled teenager in ’80s Harlem. Far from the image Carey has cultivated for years, the character is no oil painting of music-video pulchritude, with her lank hair, a wardrobe of rayon sweater-coats and, yes, even a sparse mustache creeping across her upper lip.
“I had to lose all vanity,” Carey said. “I had to change my demeanor, my inside, layers of who I am, to become that woman.” Please, you can’t act!
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