Renee Zellweger transformation: How did star look like Judy Garland in new biopic?

Judy is the new biopic following the life of Hollywood royalty Judy Garland. The film is set over the course of a five week stint in London in which Garland performed at the Hippodrome. But fans are shocked at how star Renee Zellweger has been able to transform into the star.

Both Zellweger and the film’s director, Rupert Goold, have opened up on how much effort it took to transform Zellweger into the star.

Zellweger has said it took “20 people” a day to transform her into Garland, but did not reveal exactly what they did to create it.

On the red carpet of the European premiere, she said: “It was such a process.

“It was this ongoing fluid process of experiments that was shared by so many different departments.

“I was wearing 20 people’s job at one time – all the time.

“So I didn’t really think about it in terms of challenge. It was just this exploration and celebration of her legacy.

“Some things took more time.

“I would build up to certain things that I didn’t know how to do, but we had time to do it.

“Every bit of it was joyful so it’s really hard to look at it in terms of difficulty because everything was joyful.”

Clearly she enjoyed the process, no matter how many people were helping her to turn into Judy.

Rupert Goold, the film’s director, said Zellweger did a huge amount of research to get to the point where they could do the film.

Speaking to ETonline, he said: “It’s so many tiny, little changes – physical changes, hair and makeup, voice – you don’t notice the pattern in a way.

“But I do remember being in my kitchen before I’d even met Renée thinking, ‘Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland… what’s that going to be like?

“‘Like, Bridget Jones? I can’t see how it’s going to happen.’

“I mean, she’s a great actor, but I do remember thinking that just seems odd but exciting.