Josh Safdie’s longtime vision for Marty involved pockmarked skin, acne, and scars on Chalamet’s preternaturally unblemished complexion “to show a history of Marty living a rough life on the streets of the Lower East Side, and make it authentic,” explains the movie’s makeup designer Kyra Panchenkon. “We were really trying to give him a lived-in, raw look and create an unrecognisable Timothée,” she mentioned. Special effects designer Mike Fontaine created five prosthetics, which involved two acne-scarred cheek pieces and three other ones. The face was also covered with nicks and faded scars, applied to the lower part of the face, which Chalamet preferred. “They disappeared into his skin,” said Panchenko, who worked in tandem with Fontaine to trim his time in the makeup chair down from an hour and a half to 45 minutes. “Everyone thought, ‘Oh, Timmy’s skin looks pretty rough,” he added. From prosthetic detailing and altered facial features to period-accurate styling, every element of Chalamet’s look was designed to reflect Marty’s mindset. The transformation wasn’t just cosmetic, Chalamet also embraced physical discomfort, …