Oscar-nominated Winter's Bone star Jennifer Lawrence stepped into Rebecca Romijn's shoes for the role of shape-shifting blue mutant Mystique, but found a painstaking amount of time was still required in the make-up chair.
Watch Jennifer Lawrence prepare for X-Men: First Class below:
The actress said of the time-consuming process: "There's no CG for me! It's the same methods as they were using on Rebecca Romijn, the original Mystique, ten years ago."
She added: "I had a theory of when I was really tired, when I was on my seventh hour, why didn't you just dip me in a bath tub of blue?
"It's all air-brushed, they place the scales first, then they do three layers of airbrush blue and then five layers of splattering different colours."
X-Men: First Class is released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 31.
> X-Men: First Class: Kevin Bacon interview
> Enter Cerebro on the official X-Men website
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Jennifer will reprise her role as Katniss Everdeen in the hotly-anticipated Hunger Games sequel later this year. The blockbuster will see her freedom fighter continue her battle against the Capitol as the Quarter Quell sends her and Peeta Mellark back into the arena.
Jennifer will reprise her role as Katniss Everdeen in the hotly-anticipated Hunger Games sequel later this year. The blockbuster will see her freedom fighter continue her battle against the Capitol as the Quarter Quell sends her and Peeta Mellark back into the arena.
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