How Hollywood Makes Actors Look Old - Exclusive 'Uncle Drew' Behind The Scenes | Movies Insider

Hollywood special effects and makeup have always been impressive, but when it comes to making actors look old, it's an entirely different system. Co-owners of Blue Whale Studios, Jonah Levy and Matthew Silva, reveal the process of making basketball superstars like Shaq look old for the film "Big Drew." Three thousand prosthetics, hours in the makeup chair, and constant retouches were just some of the elements that made the actors' ages so convincing in the movie.
See more from Blue Whale Makeup: / bluewhalemakeup
#Hollywood #Actors #INSIDER
The INSIDER team believes that life is an adventure! Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: thisisinsider.com
INSIDER on Facebook: / thisisinsider
INSIDER on Instagram: / thisisinsider
INSIDER on Twitter: / thisisinsider
How Hollywood Makes Actors Look Old - Exclusive 'Uncle Drew' Behind The Scenes | Movies Insider

[@gabbyomega]

That's an awesome transformation :0

[@Halejuha]

Gabby Omega i see you everywhere

[@tiffianynelson447]

Gabby, no offense but ur starting to become justin y

[@kung-fukennyfamily]

Who else watching the video and reading comments in same time??? Can't be the only one🤔🤔🤔

[@heynija3457]

Kung-Fu Kenny Family ur not the only one who does that all the time

[@mtg909mtg]

You're the only one

[@manoyousafzai9436]

What about making actors look young ?

[@MoxieBeast]

This is amazing!!! 😱😱😱

[@yashmohamed6987]

Great job

[@chrysalismacosmist165]

I wanna see them make the actors look younger. 👀

[@jb3058]

Chrysalism Acosmist Watch Will Smith’s movie.

[@chrysalismacosmist165]

@@jb3058 You right

[@zyons.saintgermain6813]

Like Gemini man with will smith

[@mjpboisvert751]

Me : “Woah I wanna try look like a monster!”
Mom : “Pfft you already do.”
Me : “MOM”

[@zararebucas2927]

OOh gEt IcE for dAt burn

[@shilloe13]

MJP Boisvert LoL
My dad is the same

[@mryup6100]

@Skinny Jeans Your parents must have terrible genes...

[@JustinY.]

Nah, they just make a clone and age the clone

[@bryanbertos5046]

Justin Y. First comment mwuhaha
😈😈

[@lockedtarget3252]

How did u know

[@gabbyomega]

Justin Y. Sup

[@PhongTran-ps2fc]

You are just everywhere

[@arohaforastro9714]

xiiyaenxzi stfu dude he does this for fun. Sadly you couldn't devote your life to anything so you're just jelous that this man got famous of youtube cause of comments. You don't even deserve to have fun if you want to stop others having fun. Justin y is a good guy

[@dreajp]

I watch too much Face Off and am an artist to already know LOL 😂. But I still enjoy watching.

[@Aminamariedan]

How do you scratch your face?

[@mtg909mtg]

With your finger nail.

[@joa3072]

From 0:01 to 0:07, is a perfect example of how much time we spend on our phones 😂

[@atalentlessidiot7872]

Holy shit, this is the closest I've been to the upload time. One view, three likes, no comment. Good for me, I guess.

[@purpleblade6057]

Marissa Green. Ew you watch the pauls. Lol

[@Carrotz4Kat]

Going to see the movie 🍿 tomorrow looks awesome

[@chiefbogo3282]

Wow Silva’s hair is fab

[@aizaatif8276]

Brilliant insider

[@amarachinzeh6099]

This is cool!

[@nathanbradbury63]

Who said Shaquille O’Neal wasn’t already old

[@klayverlima9637]

Bacana esse vídeo ai

[@buckledknees1923]

That was cool and all but can we have a moment of silence for Aaron Gordon FINE self 😅😅💯

[@Toonarii]

What if you gotta sneeze 😂

[@dearluciella5032]

Maagiiiic

[@joevisco6097]

Oh my God! That's Matt Silva from season 6 of Face Off!

[@mininiese]

BRO I THOUGHT THEY ACTUALLY HAD OLD PEOPLE PLAY IN THE MOVIE

[@plantera5542]

I thought they hired the witch of the waste or summ

[@furiousajp]

Anybody know the name of the song that plays about a minute in?

[@kayleeplays7032]

*UNCLE DREW!*

[@kinar8676]

Justin.Y is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Alia-bc3rc]

They should be 'inspired' from Russel Crowe in The Insider. Now *that * is a damn fine job.

[@wydapro8974]

super cool to know wow

[@mice6778]

Nice

[@minhkhanh1081]

Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@misfitrightin9010]

Congrats on actually being first

[@minhkhanh1081]

No,I’m not!

[@nobody6317]

But your comment is at the very bottom of the whole comment section

[@samaribarnwell639]

In the description it says Big Drew

[@venusbrown1787]

I watch that at amc last night it was funny

[@ikuan70]

Dr Drew yeah boiiii

[@marcuskurishingal4600]

Nice Kyrie

[@susanswell6237]

LITERALLY

[@kaeleighscorner9899]

I live in Atlanta

[@tjkwrld]

Yasss uncle drew

[@nathanieltaylor4771]

The movie is 🔥🔥🔥

[@techtalk776]

Wow, that much comments just within 3 minutes after uploading 😱

[@johnmaesimo7640]

nice

[@iangrantmayrina4914]

wow😍😍

[@makaylabrown6037]

Who else thinks that Kevin Hart would’ve been GREAT for the “little man” for the coach

[@karoncody2184]

Who still watching In 2019

[@harrison6103]

DONT REACH YOUND BLOOD😂🐐

[@asianlonghead]

The thumbnail looks like Timothy form The Cay. H

[@mtg909mtg]

Those players with cell phones is like saying Don't Talk To Me.

[@trentonboyett4382]

1 view, 8 likes

[@mahjabeenhassan9231]

TH-cam drunkness

[@jasminecorbin1980]

@@mahjabeenhassan9231 u need to refresh

[@soniya8708]

UNCLE DREEEEWWWWW!🏀

[@henrysu6761]

Cool

[@michaelloyo1165]

Uncle DREW

[@cheriseholloway8367]

I saw the movie

[@hambugmongtanan2066]

im thinking chris webber was Kevin Durant ! lol

[@arcelipeters2602]

Wonder how much pounds of makeup is on them.

[@deadbones733]

Actor :The timelapse of the makeup made me old

[@al-cz5ez]

I'll use this to catfish on *rOblox*

[@aizaatif8276]

pinkest llama good idea

[@dynastyydonerlson8961]

what's your Roblox

[@Nini-pe7jc]

I came here to see Justin Y. 😂👍

[@mzdaynzay]

Xolan said

[@incept10]

Hey

[@progamerh2o373]

Thats kyrie irving as uncle drew

[@lei3807]

Uncle DREEEWWWWWWWWW

[@woodstalon1881]

Woah

[@ivanr2118]

Hullo there

[@juliusjones2220]

One day in the future he will not need any makeup to look old. They could have saved a ton of makeup and time and just hired Morgan Freeman for this role.

[@squiggles9122]

I feel like they will actually look like the fake makeup when they get older...but still, their awesome.

[@erikstevens5734]

I would just watch supernatural the whole time

[@mad1068]

How do you make them look youngr

[@naziabegum244]

Hi

[@kitkat-xn4wm]

#earlysqaud

[@bantuu]

Blue whale Studios.... Blue whale...
Sounds familiar....

[@e.w.stewart5926]

Shaq is already old lol

[@fadelessworld4780]

UNCLE DREW

[@nobody6317]

So... what do I do now?

[@asrajaveed6528]

Me...
Just put an old grey beard

[@manoyousafzai9436]

I know: Using makeup 😉

[@marleyburner3558]

Yay
I'm early

[@parkerbadat883]

NO MY NAMES NOT LEVY ITS LEEEVEE

[@mangomar1]

omg

[@kevinr.3967]

I don't even need that, I age quickly lol.....

[@burwellfamily07]

One view 4 likes TH-cam step up to game

[@josezavala8089]

Nate robinson got knocked out by
Jake Paul - 2020

[@moosefoxweasel14]

Moo

[@felifine648]

I am the 834 like

[@nonzvisuals2305]

IM EARLY

[@atalentlessidiot7872]

JABAJINX You're not early. You're on time.

[@nonzvisuals2305]

but when i arrived there was only 5 views, and 3 comments, i'm pretty sure that's early

[@atalentlessidiot7872]

JABAJINX Then when is the line where you're on time, then?

[@nonzvisuals2305]

its when the views and comments are fairly high,
(perhaps 50 - 100 comments and views is around "on time")

[@shvnzay]

Shaq is old tho lol

[@nightshadekelly]

Best way for someone to get alcohol underage XD

[@estherrugama6005]

2

[@jayplaysgames6461]

Hide your identity

[@stevensun7126]

They should film a movie 40 years in the future with them and make themselves look like they are right now

[@CemeteryDriveClown]

This video is old.

[@cxxcassidy657]

It looked so obvious that they were wearing makeup. It doesn’t look realistic at all

[@punctuatroni]

Cxx Cassidy way to ruin someone’s hard work. You know how long that probably took?!

[@cxxcassidy657]

Dev C people can take forever to do something and it can still end up just as shitty. So congrats. You successfully did absolutely nothing to change my opinion on this

[@duck-qg7vb]

Cxx Cassidy i thought it was some random actor who looked like kyrie

[@goblinsbride5379]

ok go away. -.

[@shilloe13]

Cxx Cassidy they will make it realistic with special effects

[@zhanelyessengeldi6402]

Wait wha blue whale isn’t that the game that makes people kill themselves

[@ibguertena1053]

Old people

[@finakhan5221]

Older African never have a full head of white hair, the wigs don’t look real the hairlines are unnatural, the facial hair is unrealistic looking. Hire a wig master for your team and have the wigs custom made. Prostetics is your forte stick to that. Thanks for sharing for those in the general public to get a glimpse of what it takes to transform an actor. 👍

[@headbanddrew4487]

But Shaq is already old.

[@fbi.4372]

Thank you for your 🅱️ervice

[@bankrollenchanting]

Kyrie irving

[@saniahdixon4040]

😂😂

[@vizualzz1184]

666 likes umm ok

[@theamazingpandawolf3229]

First

[@birdie_.]

Jeez is it worth the 4 hours to get a film shot😂 it’s 2018 is there not something faster invented yet?!

[@featheryfemme]

Megan Saper CGI, but that would require 3D modeling, correctly shadowing, more time than the prosthetics, motion tracking, layering, motion blur, adding in the sweat, saliva, sometimes blood, it’s tedious.