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It was an image often caricatured in the media after the Bakkers downfall.
Heres how they did it.
That naturally had to be another wig, one that would expose the aging Tammys thinning hair.
She left it alone for a few minutes, then suddenly got up and started making it.
I was like, Oh my goodness, its ready!
She had to be flexible, prepared, and well-researched.
So if one thing didnt work, I had something else to rely on, she explains.
I knew how specific she wanted to be.
It just made her happy, Dowds says.
I do believe she felt pretty.
Its just who she was.
She took her cue from other TV personalities in the Evangelical world.
There was a lot of big hair, big makeup.
She frequently embraced pink, Tammys favorite color.
To achieve the permanence of her tattooed lips and eyebrows, she opted for waterproof pencils.
I added another eyeliner on top of it and sometimes a little bit of shadow just to embellish.
There are these incredible eyebrow stencils.
They allowed us to go very deliberately and heavier with the waterproof pencil.
But we couldnt actually use those.
They have a certain shelf life.
She also bought false lashes from Ardell and lash glue from Duo, two of Tammys go-to brands.
At times, Dowds let things get a little messy.
Theres a scene in the bedroom where shes in her lovely, fluffy nightie and robe.
Shes got an eyelash that has fallen down.
We just let those things happen because they would happen in her world.
Raleigh eventually landed on three stages of prosthetics.
Stage two began in the mid-80s: a full neck wrap and larger cheeks to convey weight gain.
Raleigh also decreased Chastains lip line to start the aging process.
Stage three [was] the same format, he explains.
Larger cheeks and chin, [and] lip prosthetics to age her.
We also did a little [stretch and stipple] work to give Chastain the age around her eyes.
Still, the chief element was always the cheeks.
She has a very specific shape.
That was really the number one component [through which] we transformed Jessica enough.
In the latter stages, [Jessica] would actually start with Linda.
Theres so much makeup.
it’s possible for you to get a lot of fallout of eye shadow.
If that happens with prosthetics, its a disaster to try and clean it up.
Raleighs team also created Tammys whole skin foundation, with Tammys complexion deepening and darkening over time.
You start with the person you recognize.
By the end of this multi-hour process between departments, its truly transformative.
Its a strange psychological transformation for the actors.
Looking at yourself in the mirror and not being able to truly recognize yourself is challenging.
It helps them get into the performance, but takes a little getting used to.
And [leopard, because] Tammy famously said that her favorite color was leopard.
[Later], the wall started to come down a little.
From there, it was just a matter of evolving that truth.
We watch her flourish as she finds strength, recognition, and celebrity.
It was important that it always felt like the same person, just expressing themselves more flamboyantly.
It was this little divine moment where I got exactly what I needed.
I ran to Linda, who then of course transformed them.
There were a few of those [lucky] moments.
