– Shoes from that time have a heel. Nowadays men rarely wear high heels, I’ve never had one. It was something new for me. It turns out that the foot position is completely different in such shoes, says Leszek Lichota. – You don’t step on your toes, so the leg movement looks different, and therefore the person looks different because you straighten up straight away. There is something dignified about it, admits the actor.
Leszek Lichota about “Quack”: I lost ten kilograms
He adds that the set design and costumes easily made him feel part of the era portrayed (We meet Wilczur in 1920, then the action moves to 1935). – It just played! – laughs. – Anyone who has ever been to a casting and had to play to empty walls and imagine what space they were in will understand the difference. And here everything was from the era, every detail was taken care of. Everything looked as it should, which gave us even more motivation to keep trying, he praises.
Although there were 44 shooting days, they spread over several seasons. This was, among other things, This is due to the fact that the creators wanted the natural appearance of Antoni Kosiba’s beard and hairstyle. After recording the “winter” sequence, Lichota changed significantly physically during the break. – I lost ten kilograms during this time. I won’t say it’s the most enjoyable task, because I hate going to the gym. But I already know my body well enough to know what diet to follow to make such a change possible in a relatively short time, he says.
However, the creators did not want to overdo it
In Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz’s book, Antoni Kosiba is much more emaciated, but neither the actor nor director Michał Gazda wanted to go in such an extreme direction. – In our opinion, if my hero was so poor, he would lose his dignity and seriousness – explains Lichota.
When the ten-kilogram-thin actor arrived on the set, he was allowed to be taken care of by Ewa Szwed’s team of make-up artists. – Leszek grew a beard, so we didn’t have to add it, but we still made it thicker and grayer. And then began the meticulous process of visually transforming him from a noble medic into a farm worker. The actor’s effort put into this transformation was enormous, the cooperation with him was extremely successful, so we all had great joy and satisfaction looking at the effect of our joint efforts – says the make-up artist.
Source: Gazeta
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