Daisy Head IS SOFINA

BY ALANA JOLI ABBOTT

Q:Your character has an exceptionally cool series of looks in the trailers. What can you tell us about the makeup process?

DAISY HEAD: Firstly, I didn’t have to shave my head. It’s probably one of the first questions that I asked myself before signing onto the project, just in case. We did have to cut about half of its length so it could fit underneath a cap. The whole process started out taking about three hours in makeup, but we did—no pun intended— shave the time, not the hair, to about two-and-a-bit hours. Honestly, the entire look is a credit to the [hair and makeup design team] who created a uniquely beautiful and powerful look for my character. They spent months designing and developing various options for her. The finished product is pretty remarkable.

We also see you floating in the trailer. Did you get to do some wire work?

I actually learned to levitate. No, I did do some wire work, which is always super fun. They're so great at making you feel safe and secure in the harnesses. I think that the biggest challenge is making it work with the costumes. We did have a couple of instances where a sleeve got caught or just stuck to my head and face. But we worked around it. I was pretty high up for some of the work, and I got some beautiful views across Belfast. There’s an incredible, liberating freedom from being suspended in the air. It was so fun to be able to move all of my limbs freely and really harness the majesty of the movements in creating the spells.

If you had to trust a character by giving them one job, who would you choose to know that it would actually get done?

I would have to choose Holga because she has an incredible ability to fully own who she is and fully exist in this space that she takes up in the world. She proves herself as a great ally, and she has a fierce and relentless sense of determination. So I feel like I would put my trust in her, and I feel she would do any job very well.