We all wear a mask at some point, especially when we’re first meeting somebody. We’re very guarded about who we are. The same thing in this movie. Zuri is masking some trauma that occurred with her and her family. And Layla is obviously wearing a mask, because she’s experienced trauma as well. Then there are folks in the house who are masking because they’re hiding something. You wear a mask to hide, whether it’s grief, pain, or something sinister.
When it came to figuring out Zuri’s mask, we looked at a lot of different kinds of masks from the Continent to see the symbolism of those particular masks. The white face. The large lips. We wanted to make sure the eyes were hollow, and you couldn’t see the mouth articulate underneath. It made it that much more mysterious and creepy.
—As told to John Kennedy
[TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT]
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