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Origin |
Paul Muni |
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Makeup Palette |
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Effects |
Copies a person as closely as an identical twin |
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Downsides |
Compulsive desire to avoid their dislikes |
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Origin[]
Paul Muni (September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an American stage and film actor from Chicago. He started his acting career in the Yiddish theater and during the 1930s, he was considered one of the most prestigious actors at the Warner Bros. studio and was given the rare privilege of choosing his own parts.
Muni often played powerful characters, such as the lead role in Scarface (1932), and was known for his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in the study of the real characters' traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in makeup techniques, a talent that he had learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish theater in Chicago. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man, and in the film Seven Faces, he played seven characters.
Muni was noted for his intense preparation for his roles, especially the biographies. While preparing for The Story of Louis Pasteur, Muni said, "I read most everything that was in the library, and everything I could lay my hands on that had to do with Pasteur, with Lister, or with his contemporaries." He did the same in preparing for his role as Henry Drummond, based on Clarence Darrow, in the play Inherit the Wind. He read what he could find, talked to people who knew Darrow personally, and studied physical mannerisms from photographs of him.
Effects[]
Applying any makeup compounds will change the user into a duplicate of another person they can think of, even deceased or imaginary. Everything from their proportions to habitual tics to speech patterns are perfect recreations. The user is always in complete control, with anything they say or act out filtered into how the doppelganger would earnestly react.
They never lose sight of their true personality, the process being more akin to being jockey and mustang at once. In fact, it amplifies their own nature. Specifically, every dislike becomes a point of contention, making once silent issues now the forefront. They have no issue with having an issue, to the point they will avoid or stop any activity they detest, even if the reason is as silly as the wrong color of suit.