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Following a long established stage tradition, film actors would often sit for "lifecasts" or Life Masks, where their faces or…
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Following a long established stage tradition, film actors would often sit for "lifecasts" or Life Masks, where their faces or whole heads would be covered in plaster, creating an exact negative image that could be used to make positive castings, or Life Masks. It was these Life Masks that "stood in" for the actors in the make up development.