- “Queen Charlotte” star Golda Rosheuvel wears a number of elaborate wigs within the new present.
- Rosheuvel stated throughout a panel on the Paley Heart final week that they have been very heavy.
- She added that director Tom Verica and the crew “kindly made me a neck brace” to assist her put on them.
“Bridgerton” star Golda Rosheuvel stated that her “Queen Charlotte” wigs have been so heavy that she needed to put on a neck brace to keep away from harm.
Throughout a panel for the brand new Netflix spinoff on the Paley Heart for Media final week, which was attended by Insider, Rosheuvel was requested about her numerous elaborate wigs within the sequence, since they’ve turn out to be an iconic a part of the character.
“Sure, they’re heavy. Very, very, very, very heavy. Tom and the crew very kindly made me a neck brace,” the 53-year-old actor stated, referring to the sequence’ director, Tom Verica. “Not on a regular basis however a few of the time I did have to make use of it.”
In press supplies for “Queen Charlotte,” Rosheuvel stated that she wore her “heaviest wig” but within the new present, and that the wig within the opera scene in episode 5 was “the tallest factor I’ve ever worn in my life.”
Talking on the Paley Heart, Rosheuvel additionally stated that she was pushed to set in her wigs as a result of her appears have been so elaborate.
“The journey is about 2½ hours from begin to end to create [Charlotte] and all of the stuff,” she stated. “That features driving to set as a result of the costume and the wig are too massive to get modified within the trailer like everyone else does. So, there’s a level the place I’ve to be pushed to set in a van. Generally I’ve to sit down on the ground of stated van as a result of the wigs are too excessive.”
Rosheuvel added: “It is all very glamorous. After which I get out of stated van and into a neater tent the place the costume is hanging and we get to place it on. The costume is the very last thing and jewellery is the very last thing to get placed on, so it is a complete journey.”
The “Queen Charlotte” actor additionally stated that she needed to meditate when she was not filming in an effort to “maintain” working in costume all day.
Whereas Rosheuvel wears loads of elaborate wigs because the older Queen Charlotte, younger Queen Charlotte, performed by India Amarteifio, wears her pure hair within the present.
When requested about this on the purple carpet forward of the Paley Heart occasion, Amarteifio instructed Insider that she initially assumed she would additionally must put on lengthy grey wigs like Rosheuvel.
“I used to be extremely moved,” Amarteifio stated. “It made me actually indignant with society’s view that Eurocentric magnificence is the usual as a result of all you must do is take a look at the present and see all of the hair represented.”
“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” is out there to stream on Netflix.