She also has a genetic condition that gives her … “How I look is one thing, but my biggest interest in the characters I do is how they look and act. It’s too much.” But at least I knew that he was going ugly; he wanted to go more manly, not very feminine, and also, [the principal characters] have different sexes in the film. And also, she had put on a lot of weight since the lifecast. Only her top lip remained exposed. In reality, Melander is an affable, soft-spoken, 43-year-old acting veteran who has juggled a range of stage, television and film roles for over 15 years. She listed Julianne Moore and Frances McDormand as key reference points for her ambition. I had all my product in the same space, and everything was so prepared that I wouldn’t waste a second looking for something,” she explains, of the discipline the job required. 30-day returns. “That’s hard, whatever the look. Two full-face prosthetic makeups. But that’s just the starting point for an entrancing and unexpected love story when Tina — who works a lonely job in border security, using her rat-like sense of smell — wakes up to her superpowers when she meets a fawning man (Eero Milonoff) who looks just like her. Eva Melander stars under heavy prosthetic makeup as Tina, a customs agent at an unnamed Swedish border crossing who has a seemingly supernatural ability to “sniff out” contraband and a perfect record of apprehending smugglers. I was trying to get it out of him: What are you seeing? Eva Melander, Actress: Gräns. Eva Melander (born 25 December 1974) is a Swedish actress.She has appeared in over a dozen feature films and TV-series and gained significant attention for the role of Tina in the dark fantasy drama Border. “You can’t sleep… I was trying to meditate myself through it. “I totally agreed that we should change my body,” Melander said. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Göran Lundström: They contacted me last year in the middle of summer, just when I’d started my vacation, of course. Eero Milonoff and Eva Melander in Border. Tina (Eva Melander) is a Swedish border guard, with the ability to sniff out guilt. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Tina is played by Eva Melander, an actress who is pretty much unrecognizable to non-Swedish audiences. Eva Melander does more acting with her upper lip in Border than some actors do with their whole bodies in a lifetime. Border: Director Ali Abbasi and stars Eva Melander and Eero Milonoff discuss outsiders and confronting otherness in their Un Certain Regard-winning film 4 March 2019 Sylvia Unerman Follow. Goldammer: Sometimes, we saw just the upper body, and sometimes we saw them fully. Eva Melander. So, I used the bottom of her hair and dyed it in a color to match the wig; it was a totally different style than her own hair, so on the top of her head, she was blonde and curly with longer hair, and underneath, she was dark and shorter—which worked really well for the character, especially because the wig was supposed to be thin and matte and not very feminine. Swedish actress Eva Melander, star of the movie "Border", arrives for the Oscar Week: Makeup and Hairstyling Symposium on February 23, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Then, I was doing the second test makeup, and Ali didn’t like the hair anymore, as it had been discussed; he wanted it to be longer. But even sniffing the air presented a unique challenge on camera, given the restrictions on her facial muscles. TORONTO – Let’s state the obvious here first. 4.2 out of 5 stars 117 ratings. She develops an uncanny attraction to Vore (Eero Milonoff), a mysterious man who forces her to confront her true nature. We got them in and they looked beautiful, but they weren’t staying where they were supposed to go. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. “She would allow me into her space in any free moment; it was tough on her, but she was such a trooper.”, In recent years, it’s been interesting to watch Sweden factor in repeatedly at the Oscars—most notably, in the category of Makeup and Hairstyling, with films like The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, and A Man Called Ove. It was a strange journey, trying to get somewhere with Ali, because he’d never done this before. Could you break down your two principal looks further, in terms of the characteristics you pursued and the kinds of prosthetic pieces involved? Tina (Eva Melander) is a border guard who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. “Watching those sniffer dogs. Let us know what you think in the comments below. Lundström: The cheeks and the chin on her were gelatin, and the rest is silicone—and gelatin doesn’t necessarily hold up that well in water. ~ Augustine Chay Then, she would subject herself to a 10-hour shooting schedule. All Rights reserved. Eva Melander (Actor), Eero Milonoff (Actor), Ali Abbasi (Director) & Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: Blu-ray. But I was as committed as I get.”. She received a Guldbagge Best Supporting Actress award in 2016 for the Swedish film Flocken and has appeared in numerous TV series such as Modus, Rebecka Martinsson, Jordskott and Beck.She is currently starring as Richard III in William Shakespeare's play at the Uppsala City Theatre. I think I’m quite trained in creating characters who have souls and lives even if they’re roughly written into the story.”, She was miffed when the first casting director for “Border” (who was later replaced) called her to explain the role, and seemed hesitant to use the word “ugly” when describing Tina’s appearance. She ... Born: December 25, 1974 “You can’t sleep… I was trying to meditate myself through it. “It’s hard to sleep at night. “We got the time down as much as [possible]; literally, every move was prepped. It’s kind of a wild and weird performance.” The connection to Tina is not lost on her. Prosthetics taught Eva patience. Make-up…” Anyone who has seen Ali Abbasi‘s Swedish drama “Border” no doubt realizes that the lead character, Tina, is an actress wearing prosthetic makeup in order to convey a human-passing troll in public. After a customs officer develops a strange attraction to the suspect she's investigating, the case's revelations soon call into question her entire existence. I recognized that they were trying to take a famous Neanderthal painting that they had done a drawing of [and apply that look to Eva’s] face, and I was like, “No, that’s not going to work. “She just blushed,” he said, recalling the cue during her audition session. Interview: Border’s Eva Melander and Eero Milonoff written by Charles Trapunski November 23, 2018 Border is a movie that we had designs on seeing all through the Toronto International Film Festival and since then the film has been selected as Sweden’s nominee for Best Foreign Language Film for next year’s Academy Awards. Border, the second feature by director Ali Abassi (Shelley) is based on a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) drawing on the Nordic mythology of trolls, about a woman with strange gifts who works in border control. She’s rubbed herself out. It was also good because if they were in every scene, it would’ve been a big additional stress. Eva Melander was born on December 25, 1974 in Gävle, Sweden as Eva Kristina Viktoria Melander. Then, she was fully naked; she had body hair [made by] Morten Jacobsen, and he put nipples on him. Goldammer: And [the actors] were practicing with them a lot. It was also nominated for best makeup … This dark fairytale owes much to its leading lady’s remarkable physical transformation, but audiences gripped by “Border” would never recognize its star on the street. Eva: I love transformation. Sign in to check out Check out as guest . Using her own hair underneath helped a lot with that really stiff wig because whenever she was turning her head or looking down, you didn’t have the hair sticking out. “When people don’t realize it’s me,” she said, “it’s a good opportunity to hear honest criticism.”. Goldammer: At some point, there were supposed to be contact lenses too. Starring Eva Melander and Eero Milonoff. “Shame, guilt, rage, and other things” she says about what her unusual gift identifies, though often it just reveals smuggled alcohol. She was buried in nine pieces of prosthetics, covering her eyelids, nose, and mouth, so she couldn’t fall asleep or watch television to pass the time in the chair. But I also just wanted to say about the hair of Eero—because they look similar, in a way, with similar colors and lengths—it was the idea of Ali to have hair falling into his face, and intensify his sinister look. “It’s kind of weird, how it’s changed. She has appeared in over a dozen feature films and TV-series and gained significant attention for the role of Tina in the dark fantasy drama Border. On a normal day, Melander might be in the make-up chair from 2-6am, in order to start shooting at 6.30am. “People don’t call me asking me to do what I’ve already done,” she said. Free delivery for many products! We didn’t want them to look like fairy tale trolls; we wanted them to look like some kind of race that functions in our society. He’s got a longer nose, but he’s got round cheeks, and I figured if I could use a real person, and use it on her face, it would look more real. Review: 'Border' Cleverly Blurs Division Between Reality and Folkore Tina (Eva Melander), a Swedish customs official, can smell when someone's lying. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. It’s really hard because you have big, stretchy skin movements, and things just happen. It’s for no other reason than as Tina she has gained a huge amount of weight and wears heavy prosthetic make up … She has appeared in over a dozen feature films and TV-series and gained significant attention for the role of Tina in the dark fantasy drama Border. Part of my brain felt like this was insane, but exciting at the same time.” It was also very uncomfortable. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. She’s supposed to play this whole range, but when he comes in, it’s a little bit more strong. October 25, 2018 7:46 pm. After seeing Melander in Border, meeting her in person is immediately disorienting. She began listening to meditation apps. I like to put characters on the screen that you don’t commonly see and this role was the ultimate transformation. Pamela Goldammer: When I got involved, I saw just the design of Eva, with the test makeup, and I was like, “’Yeah, this is really nice.” Production still had just one hour [for prosthetics]; at this point, they still didn’t realize that this was a three-and-a-half-hour makeup. “They were just written from a familiar point of view — girlfriend, wife, friend. Having watched ‘Border’ ( reviewed here) a film about Tina, a customs officer who can smell fear and literally sniffs out those incoming passengers who are up to no good, it’s difficult to know what to expect when we waited in a boutique hotel in London to meet respected Swedish actress Eva Melander. “If you’re a total outsider and you’ve never felt like you’ve been seen, you’re just disconnected,” she said. ‘Border’: Eva Melander Gives the Most Astonishing Performance of the Year By Completely Burying Herself 2018-11-01 In “Border,” Swedish actress Eva Melander buries herself in the role of Tina, an ostracized woman who feels out of place in society because of her otherworldly appearance. “I was trying to move myself out of my body and go to other rooms in my mind,” she said. Director Ali Abbasi and actress Eva Melander talk about the uniquely beautiful and truly wild intersex troll love scene from their movie “Border.” But we had such a short amount of time to get them to work on her, and we didn’t have time to do all the test fittings. When I came back from vacation, I had five weeks from the day I could cast them until we’d have to start shooting, and they agreed to do a complete test makeup that would be scrapped, which never happens in Sweden. He wanted a monobrow, but I was like, “No, that’s too much.” It very quickly is too much if you start adding these cliché things on top. She had an inner life that the other characters didn’t have.” But then he had to confront a practical concern: “I was afraid she looked too good and was too thin,” he said. The item you've selected was not added to your cart. Middle-class Swedish families are up … “You get sweaty,” Melander said. At the very least, her accomplishment deserves its own spotlight. How much do we rub ourselves out to fit in? When she comes across a mysterious man (Eero Milonoff) with a smell that confounds her detection, she uncovers a mystery…a dark secret about mankind and her own past. Melander’s character takes her acute sense of smell for granted, assuming it’s her only useful skill, until she learns the bizarre secret behind her existence that empowers her. Eva: I love transformation. Border. Lundström: I had this idea of doing slightly bigger irises, to work myself away from humans, but not make it obvious enough so it looks strange. Tina is played by Eva Melander, an actress who is pretty much unrecognizable to non-Swedish … 4.2 out of 5 stars 117 ratings. Synopsis: From the writer of Let the Right One In comes a mesmerising and genre-defying dark fairytale set in modern-day Sweden. Zero Trailers. I applaud ’Border’ for avoiding the temptation of making this into a story about romance that the audience is … With Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén. Sign in to check out Check out as guest . We had meetings every Tuesday at lunch, and it was always in that one meeting that these things would come up. Known for his work on Beauty and the Beast, Cloud Atlas, the Harry Potter series and more, Lundström was well acquainted with the challenges that come with film production in his home country. Pamela, at what stage did you come on board? 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Photograph: Meta Spark/Kärnfilm Tina has always had a vivid, almost ecstatic sense … I realized he wanted to go maybe a bit more ugly, and I felt that my job became about not making it too much—trying to keep a balance, in the end. Send us a tip using our annonymous form. The story was always about somebody else. When Vore asked whether she liked insects, Melander did something unexpected: she blushed. Maybe I can do a forehead in an hour, and stick a wig on.” Then, as soon as I started talking to the director, I realized that he didn’t really want to stick to that one-hour rule. We want to hear from you! Check out the new trailer for Border starring Eva Melander! “This was my toolbox, and it was covered with silicon, gelatin, and glue. But there are very few recent examples of that Jekyll-into-Hyde film alchemy quite so eye-popping as Eva Melander’s performance in Border, which opened in select theaters on Oct. 26. Border Con-Troll: Ali Abassi, Eva Milander & Eero Milonoff Interview Robert Barry , March 9th, 2019 10:17 Border, the second feature by director Ali Abassi (Shelley) is based on a short story by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) drawing on the Nordic mythology of trolls, about a woman with strange gifts who works in border control. ‘Border’: Eva Melander Gives the Most Astonishing Performance of the Year By Completely Burying Herself Melander gained 40 pounds and spent four hours in the makeup chair everyday. When she comes across a mysterious man (Eero Milonoff) with a smell that confounds her detection, she uncovers a mystery…a dark secret about mankind and her own past. I did the first season of Genius six months before, and I felt like there was no way around it. She can literally smell human emotions, which is a handy talent for sniffing out suspicious border crossers. The other principal hurdle, for Goldammer, was having one actress who featured in every single scene, on a set where there was precious little time for “fixing up” between takes, and even ‘Last Looks’ could be cut for time. Written by John Ajvide Lindqvist. The makeup work, by a large crew, alters the appearance of Melander and Milonoff most credibly. Hello there…. So it was like, “Okay, they need to be trolls. Add to Watchlist Unwatch. “I can always see that she’s having fun. Because I’ve been doing this for 25 years; I’ve worked internationally a lot, and now in the last few years, it’s just kind of happened,” Lundström reflects. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Goldammer: It was, and we just had to time it really well, because there was not really a schedule that would allow for any resets. When she meets a … Ali Abbasi "Border" Eva Melander Eero Milonoff Swedish Drama Fantasy Region3 DVD. Check out the new trailer for Border starring Eva Melander! Eva Melander (born 25 December 1974) is a Swedish actress. By contrast: even the most open-minded viewers may have difficulty relating to the two lead protagonists in "Border," a cynical Swedish romantic-fantasy that follows estranged border patrolwoman Tina (Eva Melander) and her unconvincing attraction to Byronic stranger Vore (Eero Milonoff). She takes care of her characters while looking at them with a little bit of distance.”, Melander has embraced her ability to attract roles that don’t resemble each other. Called away to work on National Geographic’s Genius while Border was in production, Lundström recruited a regular collaborator, Pamela Goldammer, to handle the day-to-day rigors of makeup application. “You can always make yourself look better. So, I used that as a reference, and tried to stay away from making her too anything, really. Even the actors had a very short preparation time, and Eva was putting on something like 15 kilos in I don’t know how little time. What was it about this project that compelled you? He just wanted to be completely free in creating whatever he wanted, and it’s just that he didn’t really have a clear idea of what he wanted. ‘Border’: Eva Melander Gives the Most Astonishing Performance of the Year By Completely Burying Herself Melander gained 40 pounds and spent four hours in the makeup chair everyday. Melander’s eagerness to transform herself came from years of contending with roles that required her to do the extra legwork. There wasn’t really talk about seeing Vore fully naked, so there was nothing prepared for that. After this test makeup, I found out that there was also another guy who has a makeup, Eero, and he was going to be on [set] some days when I was applying makeup on my own. Why did it become essential with Border? Goldammer: I think it’s better without them, because the contact lenses made them move away from being believable as characters that can function, or just move amongst people. D ir: Ali Abbasi. “The lip and nose move together,” she said, squeezing her face together like wrinkled plastic. It’s very easy for us to fall into that trap, especially with sculpting. 2 years ago | 3.6K views. Göran, how did you come to work on Border? I couldn’t find a way to get away from those wrinkles, especially around the mouth. She has a forehead where we punched the eyebrows in; on each piece, there’s a new set of eyebrows that’s punched in hair by hair, and then she had a nose piece, two eyelids, two cheeks, two ears, and a chin. That’s something we all think about.”. They never pay for that. “I had a teacher in acting school who said, ‘Your fucking personality must not stand in the way of the character you’re supposed to do,’” said Melander in an interview from her hotel in New York. All rights reserved. Let us know what you think in the comments below. With an hour, we couldn’t do what we actually did. Also, Vore has this scar on his shoulder. It must have been particularly challenging for everyone involved, when Tina and Vore decided to go for a swim. Copyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC. Eva Melander and Eero Milonoff in a scene from Border W hile her shy character struggles to look her customs colleagues in the eye, over an hour of animated conversation Melander … She began listening to meditation apps. Tina (Eva Melander) is a border guard who has the ability to smell human emotions and catch smugglers. “Maybe the films they make now are different, because this would never have happened 10 years ago, I don’t think.”. And the first time I tried it, it worked. Tina is a customs agent with a nose for trouble. “They call me because they’re curious about what I can create. Border's trolls may be misfits with snaggleteeth, jutting foreheads and blotchy, bloated skin, but they are passing in a human world. At this point, it was the evening before [the shoot], it was really late, and the only chance to make this work was to use Eva’s own hair. Border's trolls may be misfits with snaggleteeth, jutting foreheads and blotchy, bloated skin, but they are passing in a human world. Prior to the shoot, Abassi asked if she could gain 10 kilograms — around 22 pounds — to embody Tina’s powerful, broad-shouldered physique. Eva Melander trained at the National Academy of Mime and Acting in Malmö. Prosthetics taught Eva patience. This Article is related to: Awards and tagged Border, Consider This, Eva Melander. Friday March 08 2019, 12.01am, The Times All right.”  It was fine, except that after all these hours of application, we then went on set to actually start the filming day, so the days just became really, really long. Melander impressed him, he said, because she was able to convey the experience of feeling love for the first time. It also helped with protecting the edges, when you lay it down and glue it down. Eva Melander who plays the lead role in the Cannes-winning film Border, shown in Swedish cinemas now.What was it like receiving all the praise at the festival? She began listening to meditation apps. Still, her lifestyle accords with social norms. “I really tried to find people who looked different, unsymmetrical, and overweight,” he said in a phone interview. playing Richard III in an experimental theater adaptation. TORONTO – Let’s state the obvious here first. Lundström: Our whole design on him is a bit more sinister because he’s supposed to be more evil. Border is more resonant than you’d expect, and one of the oddest movies of the year. The blue-eyed blonde looks nothing like her animalistic creation in “Border,” and the specifics of that transformation make it clear that she’s delivered the most astonishing performance of the year. Over the course of the monthlong shoot in the forests outside of Gothenburg, Melander spent four hours in the makeup chair everyday, often starting at two o’clock in the morning. In 2018, gelatin is no longer a go-to artist for most makeup designers. I had to see what I could do to make them look in the same realm. Initially I was just pleased the film was to be screened in Cannes, and happy about it being in the section Un certain regard, so I … I was trying to find faces that I liked that would do something for Eva’s very pretty face, and there’s an actor called Eddie Marsan—he’s got a really interesting face, but if you look at him and Eva, there’s similarities, like his lazy eyes and his quite protruding forehead. Cast: Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén. 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