Peter Qwen has been making wigs (假發(fā))since the 1980s . He has made wigs for the stars of
more than seventy movies ,including Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, Johnny Depp in
Sleepy Hollow and Nicole Kidman in The Others. One of his biggest jobs so far
has designed the hair and makeup for the three Lord o f the Ring movies . He
had just six weeks to design and make more than a hundred wigs, each one a
different style, color, shape and length.
The hair and makeup in a movie are
just as important as the costumes or the sets. Over the years, Peter has made
actors look older, younger, healthy and sick. For one movie he even made a
female actor look like a man! "What people don't realize about wigs is
that we are not always making people more beautiful," he says. "Often
we are covering up beauty and making them look ordinary."
All Peter's wigs are handmade using
human hair, so they look as real as possible. This also makes them very
expensive -between US 4,500andUS12,500 each! He knows he's done a good
job when people don't realize the star of the movie is wearing a wig. So he was
pleased when one newspaper said that Nicole Kidman had dyed her hair dark brown
for a movie. "It was a wig and no one knew that9" he said.
1.What's the best title for this article?
A. How Peter Qwen's wigs change people
B. Peter Qwen: A wigmaker to the stars
C. Peter Qwen: Making real and expensive wigs
D. Peter Qwen's wigs are important in a movie
2.What special feature about wigs does Peter mention?
A. They can make people more beautiful.
B. They can change people's hair styles.
C. They can cover up beauty and make people look
ordinary.
D. They can make people look younger.
3.Why are Peter's wigs so expensive?
A. They are made in foreign countries.
B. Peter makes the best wigs.
C. They are only made for rich film makers.
D. They are handmade using human hair.
4.Which statement is NOT true about Peter?
A. Peter Owen has made wigs for lots of movies.
B. Designing and making the wigs for The Lord of the
Rings was a huge job.
C. Peter can make actors look quite different from
their real looks.
D. lf people know the star is wearing a wig, Peter
will be happy.
