Meet the Woman Behind All The Big Short’s Exquisitely Bad Haircuts

Oscar-winning hairstylist Adruitha Lee talks about making wigs for Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Christian Bale—and going out of her way to give Brad Pitt the worst haircut he’s ever had

What kind of stuff did you do that was against your natural instinct?
I permed the wig I used on Ryan just so I could get that movement and that texture, and it always looked a little funny to me. On Steve’s wig I used Just For Men hair color on the wig because that color is just a little bit off. And I gave Brad a bad haircut, literally.

So everyone is wearing a wig except for Brad?
Yes. That’s his real hair, with a bad haircut. I would pick up pieces of hair and not use a comb, just my fingers and the scissors. Just basically almost cut whole chunks out of it. We laughed about what a bad haircut it was. I remember when the first trailer came out people were saying things like I hope the movie is better than the wigs. I got tickles because I was just doing my job.

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