Make upen är ju gjord med den verklige elefantmannen som förebild. Såvitt jag vet ska make upen i filmen
Elefantmannen vara på pricken lik originalet. Jag tror t.o.m att man gjorde en avgjutning från det konserverade huvudet.
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Following the death of the real John Merrick, parts of his body were preserved for medical science to study. Some internal organs were kept in jars, and plaster casts were taken of his head, an arm, and a foot. Although the organs were destroyed by German air raids during the Second World War, the casts survived and were kept at the London Hospital. The makeup for John Hurt, who played Merrick in the film, was designed directly from those casts.