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Clayface star says uncomfortable prosthetics helped his performance7 hours agoLucy OwenBBC WalesWarner BrothersTom Rhys Harries says wearing malleable prosthetics was a "steep learning curve"Actors are often said to be the face of the film, but in Tom Rhys Harries' breakout role in DC's latest blockbuster, that part of the body becomes the focal point to chart the character's descent into villainy. Rhys Harries plays the lead in Clayface as Matt Hogan, a handsome, successful actor. When his face is mutilated in an attack, he volunteers for trials of a new treatment with horrifying side effects that transform his face into living clay. The Welsh actor said he spent about half of his time on the set with the special effects make-up team, transforming into the mutant villain. Despite the difficulty of wearing extensive prosthetics during filming, Rhys Harries said it helped him portray the distress of his character in a film that has been described as a body horror psychological thriller. "There was a benefit to having it, because the character is in discomfort", he said.

As I’m typing this, we’re in the final hellish days before the October 16 launch of TENEBRIS SOMNIA – the retro survival horror game with live-action cutscenes – coming at you from Andrés Borghi (The Black Heart) Saibot Studios (Hellbound), and published by New Blood Interactive. (FAITH: The Unholy Trinity, DUSK, Blood West). In Tenebris Somnia you play as Julia, a young woman who is having nightmares about her ex-boyfriend being torn apart by horrible monsters. Hoping to find some peace, she goes to his apartment to check on him. What she discovers is a world of horror that descends beyond her darkest dreams. What if the nightmares are real…?

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