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Minton, M. (2026, September 18). How Tom Cruise cut his ‘Digger’ prosthetic application time down from 6 hours to under one. New York Post. https://pagesix.com/2026/09/18/style/how-tom-cruise-cut-his-digger-prosthetic-application-time-down-from-6-hours-to-under-one/
Minton, Melissa. “How Tom Cruise cut his ‘Digger’ prosthetic application time down from 6 hours to under one.” New York Post, 18 Sept. 2026, https://pagesix.com/2026/09/18/style/how-tom-cruise-cut-his-digger-prosthetic-application-time-down-from-6-hours-to-under-one/.
Minton, Melissa. “How Tom Cruise cut his ‘Digger’ prosthetic application time down from 6 hours to under one.” New York Post, September 18, 2026. https://pagesix.com/2026/09/18/style/how-tom-cruise-cut-his-digger-prosthetic-application-time-down-from-6-hours-to-under-one/.
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Tom Cruise drastically reduced the time it took to apply his prosthetics for his role in "Digger", from an initial six hours to under one hour. This transformation included gray hair and facial prosthetics to portray a fictional oil tycoon. Initially, the makeup process was extensive, but after calculating that he needed at least 6 hours of sleep and 12 hours of filming daily, Cruise worked with his team to streamline it. He used a chalkboard and stopwatches to track efficiency, timing each step until they achieved the desired speed. The makeup artists initially were not pleased with this approach, but eventually complied with Cruise's demands for efficiency.
