In Order To Become Pamela Anderson, Lily James Sat In The Makeup Chair For Hours

Barry Lee Moe, hair department head for the upcoming limited series, said that James' look took "anywhere from three to five hours of hair and makeup every morning before we even started filming," according to Variety. We've already seen some glimpses of the stunning transformation, which makes James unrecognizable as her former self.

Usually, when we think of those lengthy makeup sittings, we think of things like Robert Englund's Freddy makeup for The Nightmare on Elm Street films or Ron Perlman donning horns and other major prosthetics for the Hellboy films. For comparison, both of those looks took about the same amount of time as James' transformation into the buxom Baywatch blonde. While James doesn't appear to be wearing any prosthetics, maybe part of that five hours is blending them perfectly.

Makeup magic managed to turn the cherubic James into the chiseled-jawed bombshell, contouring her jawline, cheekbones, nose, and more to give her the appearance of a dramatically different face. Where makeup couldn't do the lifting, wigs apparently took over.

"We ended up using 25 wigs in the end. Everyone from Seth Rogen to Nick Offerman, Taylor Schilling all wore wigs because we transform them into new characters," Moe said. "Sebastian [Stan] is the only one who doesn't wear a wig."