Cynthia Erivo recalled the primary time she noticed her shaved head. The actress, who went bald to play her Oscar-nominated position of Elphaba in Depraved: Half One, shared her expertise with the group throughout the Canva Create occasion at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 10.
“I keep in mind feeling so open and weak when there was nothing there,” she stated. The second Erivo appeared within the mirror, she thought she’d develop to love the look extra over time. The actress revealed that she liked having a “clean canvas” on her head and the way it accentuated her different options.
“I like that there’s nothing however my eyes,” she stated, including that she has felt extra in her aspect ever for the reason that large chop. Erivo additionally shared that she had began to take pleasure in shorter hair even earlier than touchdown the Depraved position. Beforehand, she usually wore her hair in braids of assorted colours.
She recalled rising up with a whole lot of hair and ceaselessly experimenting with it. Nevertheless, “one thing occurred” whereas she was graduating from drama college. She had an epiphany—she needed individuals to see her face extra clearly.
“I assumed, ‘I wish to see what it’s wish to have quick hair,’” she added. The actress needed to indicate up as her genuine self at auditions, so she determined to chop her hair quick. Erivo additionally mirrored on the long-lasting wig she wore as Elphaba within the blockbuster 2024 movie and her inventive collaboration with hairstylist Sim Camps.
“I advised her I needed to have micro braids for this character. She was like, ‘Maintain on, wait, I do know precisely what to do,’” Erivo recalled. She additionally revealed that she chooses tasks primarily based on the characters greater than the general manufacturing.
“I wish to know who the character is. It’s usually concerning the individual I’m being requested to painting,” she added.
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