In the film industry “time is money” and this means every second counts, so when you are doing final checks you have seconds to decide whether to re-do, fix or leave it for the next take.
Ultimately it would be great to have 2 sets of hands as you never seem to have enough when it comes to checking groups of people…or teams of rugby players.
My story is a short one, one that gave me such a numbing fright that I actually blushed! For the tabloids, this would have been Heat magazine material. Ok so you are wondering what I am on about?
Can U spot Matt Damon?
At the beginning of this year we worked on "The Rugby Movie".
Yes the one with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon,
I’m sure you have heard of it and seen many stories in our local magazines and newspapers. OK, so it wasn’t that technical, just a lot of running around after a bunch of boys. With no final checks allowed we had to do our work on the sly or at least where Mr.E couldn’t see us. This meant we had to do “award winning” make-up in less than two seconds, on 30 men while trying to balance all your goods in your two hands.
The only time that a scheduled final check was allowed was when the director and DOP felt the need for specific make-up like sweat, blood, bruising, dirt & scratches, all to be done in minutes on 30 rugby players, signifying the end of a grueling rugby match.
It was during one of these checks that we had to run in & spritz the boys down so that they were dripping with sweat.
I was armed with a 1Lt spritz bottle, running through the boys doing my best to get them all. As my fingers were furiously pumping water onto their faces, I caught myself 2 seconds too late, as I looked into these piercing blue eyes in front of me and realized I had just spritzed Matt Damon! I froze with embarrassment for a few seconds (remember seconds count),
then quickly made my apologies...a friendly smile from Matt assured me that it was ‘all good’ and that it was ok to continue. I totally forgot what I was supposed to do after that, as I couldn’t get the thought out of my head that I had just embarrassed myself in front of, one of 
HOLLYWOODS best looking men. This was yet another fine memory to add to the list.
Top Tip for Make-up Artists:
Always look before you Spritz...and give thanks for working with down to earth "Human" actors.
Enjoy every moment good or bad, it's what makes this job worth while!
By Natasha du Toit
U B.beautiful. Artist
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