Elle Fanning‘s transformation in seriesThe Girl From Plainvillewill have you doing a double take.
Hulu shared a preview of the series on Thursday Jan. 20, and shared photos of ElleMichelle CarterThe show was inspired by the texting-suicide case of Elle. In the pictures, Elle looks eerily similar to Michelle in darkened brows and a wig, perfectly recreating one of the teen’s many court appearances.
Mad Men actress January Jonesput it best in her comment on Elle’s Instagram post: “Uncanny wow.”
Interview with Entertainment Weekly, writers, executive producers co-showrunners Liz Hannah and Patrick MacmanusElle transformed into Michelle quickly and easily. “The first time that I met [Elle], I was really struck by how eerily similar they actually looked just naturally,” Patrick said. “It was something that around the table when we all met, we all talked about.”
They added that Elle just wore some light makeup and a forehead prosthetic, which helped to match Michelle’s hairline. Liz says they kept things simple as they didn’t want Michelle’s appearance to be too complicated. “distracting.”