The third season of the American TV series "The White Lotus" has come to an end, leaving viewers with a lot to discuss, including actress Aimee Lou Wood's striking pair of front teeth.
Amy Lou Wood in "White Lotus Resort."
In real life, there are many women with buck teeth, but in Hollywood movies and TV shows, such teeth are often associated with the stereotype of "ugly women". This time, the producers of "White Lotus" boldly used British actress Amy Lou Wood, who has very distinctive teeth, to play the main role, and even arranged lines for other characters in the play to praise her particularly stylish teeth. Obviously, they also hope that audiences around the world can get some inspiration from this and no longer give the so-called beauty a stereotyped definition.
Sarah Sherman impersonates Amy Lou Wood on Saturday Night Live.
However, the inertia of traditional aesthetics cannot be changed overnight. Just last week, the American variety show Saturday Night Live specially released a "White Lotus" imitation show. Comedian Sarah Sherman wore dentures to imitate Amy Lou Wood's buck teeth, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the original. Wood directly denounced such behavior on social media as "mean and boring." Afterwards, Sarah Sherman sent flowers to Wood to apologize, and the two sides reached a settlement. Amy Lou Wood explained that her anger was not directed at the person, but at the matter. She hated this attitude of casually judging women's appearance.
Amy Lou Wood's teeth are natural and have not been modified. However, in Hollywood films and TV shows, the practice of deliberately giving characters a mouthful of rotten teeth has appeared many times. For this reason, they need to find a professional denture technician to help. With the popularity of "White Lotus", Gary Archer, known as the "Hollywood Denture Godfather", also stood up to share his experience and introduce the various secrets of the super niche job of denture special effects artist in the film and television industry.
"I don't know what the fuss is about, I think it's pretty good," said Archer, who has appeared in more than 350 film and television productions. "I think Wood looks lovely and real. From the 1930s to the 1960s, dental care in the UK was underdeveloped. There were shortages of supplies during and after the war, and the National Health Service at the time focused more on pure living needs rather than the appearance of the people. This led to a trend in the British that people didn't seem to care too much about their teeth. But the situation in the United States was different. After the war, the economy took off and white and straight teeth became a symbol of success in life, so people paid attention to the use of braces, crowns and bridges. Having said that, I have to make a set of 'perfect teeth' for Aimee Lou Wood, and I can do it. From what I saw in the show, her teeth protrude slightly on the side, and they are twisted and rotated, so we have to make some kind of veneer to cover them."
Gary Archer, 60 years old this year, was born in London, England. His father was a dental technician who was well-known for his skills in making all kinds of dentures and braces. Later, a cousin living in Los Angeles suggested that he open a business there, so Archer went to the United States. A few years later, his father was in poor health, and Gary, who originally wanted to go to university to study computer science, had to return home to help, responsible for the repair of various dentures and crowns.
In the early 1990s, the studio run by the father and son received a call from a dentist on the other end. The dentist said that Greg Cannom, a famous Hollywood makeup artist who had worked on films such as "Cocoon," "Captain Hook," and "Bram Stoker's Dracula," asked him to ask if they could make the dentures that could fall off at any time in a restaurant scene starring Robin Williams in the upcoming film Mrs. Doubtfire.
The father and son took on the job, and the business from Hollywood snowballed. Today, hundreds of identical white boxes are placed on the walls of Archer's studio in North Hollywood, and each box has the name of a Hollywood star written on it: Kevin Bacon, Drew Barrymore, Adam Driver, Kathy Bates, Ralph Fiennes, Helen Mirren...
"The boxes contain the dental models I made for them, as well as their tooth sizes and other data. I kept them because many actors are not one-time salesmen, and they may need dentures again when filming another role in the future," Archer said. He also commented on the following representative works, ranging from US presidents to famous pop singers.
【Gary Archer talks about his masterpieces】
Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin Williams in "Mr. Doubtfire."
"The requirement I received was that the dentures in my mouth must be able to fall into the cup freely, which is of course contrary to the requirement that dentures should be fixed well in daily life. After Robin tried it on, the effect was very good, and then the news spread, and my life changed."
Anthony Hopkins in Nixon
Anthony Hopkins in "Nixon."
"Eyes and teeth are the most unique parts of a person's face. You can change a person's appearance by changing them. Nixon's awkward smile did affect some of the public's views of him."
Mike Myers in Austin Powers
Mike Myers in "Austin Powers."
"Mike Myers came from a similar background, his parents were British and they moved to Canada, just like I moved to the US. He told me, 'You can't be more British than the British living abroad.' I still think the British digestive biscuit is the most wonderful thing in the world."
Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise and Kirsten Dunst in Interview with the Vampire
Tom Cruise in "Interview with the Vampire."
"It was a big deal, a big production. I made sets of fangs for Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and a young Kirsten Dunst. It gave me experience and then I made similar teeth for Blade and, more recently, Deadpool and Wolverine."
Drew Barrymore in "Kiss the Kiss"
Drew Barrymore in "Kiss."
“It was really fun to design the dentures for this character. About 20 years later, Drew reprised the role on her talk show, wearing another set of dentures I made for her.”
Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street
Jonah Hill in "The Wolf of Wall Street."
"Jonah loved the teeth I made for him, he kept them in a safe at home, I saw it with my own eyes!"
Naomi Ackie in "Dancing With Love"
Naomi Ackie plays Whitney Houston in "Dancing With Love."
"Because the original heroine was not suitable, when we decided to let Naomi play Whitney Houston, time was a bit rushed, and the film company arranged for me to fly to deliver the dentures. When I asked her to wear the teeth, she was very excited and danced in the room and sang Whitney's songs."
Charlie Evans in Off the Beaten Track
Charlie Evans in "Off the Grid".
“His character wakes up one morning and seems sick, and he sticks his fingers in his mouth and pulls out a loose tooth, then another, then another, and his mother, played by Julia Roberts, demands he stop. I had three sets of teeth prepared for Charlie on set, and they were filming the scene from every angle. Julia said, ‘This is gross! Can we please stop?’ She and the crew were horrified by my work, and that made me so proud!”
John C. Reilly in Winning Times: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
John C. Reilly (far left) in the episode "Winning Times: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty."
"John C. Reilly is a very lovely man!"
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