Holy Witches on Netflix: 5 hours of makeup, controversy and a public apology from Anne Hathaway

Before it was a Robert Zemeckis movie, Sacred Witches — which was a Netflix hit — was primarily a children’s novel by Roald Dahl, published in 1983. The very famous book was first adapted into a movie in 1990 with Anjelica Huston. The role of the great villain. This first version is also far superior to the new one.

The story tells about the adventures of a young orphan who goes to a large hotel with his grandmother, comes face to face with a group of witches who intend to destroy all the children.

The main sequence of the film, like the book, shows all the witches meeting in a large hotel lobby. Out of sight, they can finally reveal their true colors and ditch the wigs and other accessories that allowed them to go incognito.

For this scene, Anne Hathaway is completely transformed thanks to the magic of makeup. It took five-hour sessions to keep him from being recognized.

Once the filming is done well, the same sessions can be shortened to four hours. Cast face and bust of actor; Her fingers and feet were covered in latex to replicate the limbs of a witch.

At the time of the release of the film, the appearance of the villain caused a lively debate, especially on the side of the disabled community, whose members, lower or upper, suffer from defects.

In Holy Witches, the antagonists have two- or three-fingered hands and feet. A negative representation that primarily promotes prejudice and demonization of physical defects.

The controversy is such that Anne Hathaway ends her speech by sharing a video of the association Lucky Fin Project on her Instagram account:

“Let me start by saying that I do my best to be sensitive to the feelings and experiences of others, not out of fear of political correctness, but because harming others seems to me to be the foundation of decency to which we should all strive. As someone who truly believes in inclusiveness and hates cruelty, I owe you an apology for the pain I have caused..”

He continues: “I especially want to apologize to children with different limbs. Now that I know more about it, I promise to do better. And I’ve made a special apology to all of you who love you as passionately as I love my children: I’m sorry for ruining your families..”

Sacred Witches is available on Netflix.