he was only 43 in The Exorcist?? - Max von Sydow Discussion

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Yeah, I thought he was an old man even then. I was confused as to why he didn't age at all over the subsequent years.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

He looked at least 70 in the exorcist.

Jason Miller was the same age yet he died in 01.

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[–] rudeboymurray (3289) 5 years ago

Miller was ten years younger than von Sydow but the gap in age looked a lot greater than that!

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I just checked- you're right.

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[–] rudeboymurray (3289) 5 years ago

He always looked a lot older than he was. In Wild Strawberries he was still in his twenties and already seemed middle aged.

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[–] degree7 (821) 5 years ago

That’s because he wore makeup to make him look 20 years older.

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[–] rudeboymurray (3289) 5 years ago

He actually looked as old in The Exorcist as he ever did in later life. The make-up work on that film, on von Sydow and of course on Linda Blair, was extraordinary.

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[–] degree7 (821) 5 years ago

Courtesy of Dick Smith, also did F. Murray Abraham’s makeup for old Salieri in Amadeus.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

they did a good job.

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[–] Adam60z (3774) 5 years ago

He was made up to look older as he was supposed to be.

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

very well done in the makeup department.

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[–] Nanook (1995) 2 years ago

I am constantly amazed to this day with all the technological and budgetary increases in motion pictures, his old man make-up from fifty years ago is one of the few that is utterly impeccable. Conversely, Guy Pearce looked like shit in Prometheus.

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