Makeup and costuming Ishka

martin ishka in family business

before andrea martin accepted role, director rené auberjonois (odo) confided in working under ferengi prosthetics hardest acting d ever done if d never worked under such makeup before. auberjonois speculated took role anyway because d been upfront her. martin s makeup ishka took 3 hours every day. ishka, being older, required development of makeup protheses. makeup designer michael westmore explained made thin skin went on 1 of [their] stock ferengi heads . [they] made new face her, wrinkled, , did backs of hands. script family business complicated makeup process because called ishka nude in several scenes; therefore, makeup needed developed parts of ferengi never before seen. 1 take on ishka s shoulder had reshot because producers felt martin s supple skin didn t match character; westmore , crew took kleenex, wrinkled , rubberized it, , covered , shoulders , process martin didn t care for, saying, boy, if hadn t warned me this, out door.

adams ishka in profit , lace

having never before worn prostheses, cecily adams found ishka makeup rather daunting , described 3 4 hour application process before moving on costuming. producers drew lines on adams hands make them appear older, later decided didn t old enough , added fake hands. once said , done, palms of adams hands , upper lip visible. after begging , pleading ds9 staff see dailies, adams realized how needed overexpress have facial expressions translate through makeup. when came ds9 season 6 s magnificent ferengi , adams agreed on condition receive own custom faceplate. adams praised other ds9 actors suffered through similar makeup ordeals saying, think s astonishing in cheer, , in makeup time something. because ishka flouting ferengi law wearing clothes, decided overdo it, , adams encumbered baubles , bangles , beads made noise on set adams estimated had loop half lines. profit , lace , ishka leave ferengi homeworld of ferenginar first time, adams dressed in spandex suit [her] wrists tip of [her] toes . further, because ishka old, staff padded adams costume 30 or 40 pounds (14 or 18 kg), including fake breasts adams guessed weighed 15 pounds (6.8 kg); after watching dailies, both adams , behr agreed breasts needed reduced distracting. adams later thank both director rené auberjonois , co-star armin shimerman helping realize overacting name of game when working under such protheses.