“I felt privileged and honored for the opportunity to even translate history in such a way, and I rolled my sleeves up, dove into the research and the creating began,” says “Genius: MLK/X” hair department head Jessi Dean. She and her team created over 75 wigs for National Geographic’s limited series chronicling the lives of civil rights pioneers Martin Luther King Jr. (played by Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and Malcolm X (played by Aaron Pierre). Watch our video interview with Dean above.
Dean was focused on making sure each character’s looks were historically accurate. “So Malcolm, his hair was chemically processed before he went into jail, and so understanding the rate of hair growth, just trying to capture that contrast of texture of his natural hair versus the chemically processed hair, I had to create that with product to revert the wig and give texture differences that way,” she explains.
Dean was focused on making sure each character’s looks were historically accurate. “So Malcolm, his hair was chemically processed before he went into jail, and so understanding the rate of hair growth, just trying to capture that contrast of texture of his natural hair versus the chemically processed hair, I had to create that with product to revert the wig and give texture differences that way,” she explains.
- 5/27/2024
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
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