Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Hair Interview
The Symbolism Behind the Hairstyles in "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
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Creating hairstyles for over 100 actors wasn't as much of a challenge for Friend and her team as the water scenes were. Despite many thinking those scenes were all CGI, she's quick to set the record straight: "We were really in the water — we were in tanks." This made it all the more important that the hairstyles, hair pieces, and wigs held their shape. "It's very daunting to put people in tanks and water for 12 hours a day," Friend says. The key to making it happen was setting the styles with the right products (more on that later) and having a unit of hairstylists on hand at all times to fix things as needed.