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Feb 26, 2024 · Ever since The Holdovers premiered at the Telluride Film Festival last fall, audiences have been asking how the film managed to outfit Giamatti’s curmudgeonly character with his uncommonly...
Feb 16, 2024 · The mystery of Paul Giamatti's lazy eye in The Holdovers has (mostly) been solved Giamatti is "sworn to secrecy" about the details, but the secret to the Oscar nominee's success can be...
Dec 8, 2023 · The comically askew eyes, as well as professor Hunham’s trimethylaminuria — a rare genetic condition also called Fish Odor Syndrome because of the unpleasant smell it generates — were...
May 3, 2024 · The lazy eye detail in The Holdovers is a deliberate choice for Paul Giamatti's character, adding depth and uniqueness to Mr. Hunham. Paul Giamatti revealed that the lazy eye effect was achieved with a special contact lens, making him blind in one eye throughout filming.
Nov 17, 2023 · No, it’s not! While Paul has not yet publicly commented on wearing a prosthetic eye in the movie, that’s not what he looks like in real life. See a recent photo below! In an interview with...
Feb 7, 2024 · Per The Daily Beast, the In-N-Out enthusiast went on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM show Wednesday, during which his host admitted he thought the lazy eye was real. It wasn’t, revealed Giamatti, who...
Feb 7, 2024 · For months, Paul Giamatti has repeatedly refused to explain how he managed to give his character Paul Hunham in The Holdovers an incredibly realistic-looking lazy eye. The Oscar-nominated...
Paul‘s character is described as a curmudgeon with an odor problem and he also has a glass eye. Director Alexander Payne reportedly had only Paul in mind for the role. “I was deeply touched,” he joked in an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert .
Jan 30, 2024 · The physicality Giamatti's character Paul Hunham displays in his Oscar-nominated The Holdovers performance adds compelling depth to his role. The lazy eye symbolizes more than just movie...
Dec 9, 2023 · While Giamatti leaves the cornea conundrum unclear, in their final moments together in the film, Hunham reveals to Angus which eye looks the wrong way.
