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Watch The Amazing Old-School Process That Turns A Naked Jennifer Lawrence Into X-Men's Mystique

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    CGI has us all blasé about special effects today.
    But if you marveled at Jennifer Lawrence's intricate blue second-skin in "X-Men: First Class," don't be so quick to credit computers.

    Lawrence's body makeup costume is applied completely by hand in a process that hasn't changed in over a decade and can take up to seven hours.

    The below featurette—which will appear on the "X-Men: First Class" DVD and Bluray—shows how it's done.

    (Slightly NSFW, but it's not NSFW if it's science.)

    [via Collider]

     

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