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Why use "old man make up" on the Photo Guy?


What was that all about? ItΒ΄s a strange movie and a strange character, but why use a pretty obvious Old Man make up in a younger actor instead of, you know, hire some older actor?

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The actor was playing more than one role in the film. As well as playing the photo guy, he was also playing the minor role of the mortician at the police station. I assume the old man makeup was used so that viewers wouldn't know that the same actor was filling multiple roles in the film, but I don't get why they didn't just hire two actors instead of one.

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