Fashion & Beauty

Wigs were key for ‘House of Versace’

Actress Gina Gershon could not have transformed into the platinum-headed Donatella Versace for this month’s Lifetime movie “House of Versace” without the help of two hairpieces.

“We had one wig that I wasn’t so happy about, so I kept bugging everyone and finally they said we got the second one,” she told Threads at a screening of the movie in New York.

“We did need two, because the movie expands over 10 years.”

In order to fully channel the diminutive, chain-smoking Italian designer, Gershon also shed 10 pounds, took up cigarettes and stuffed cotton balls in her jowls to obtain Donatella’s trademark pout.

“Physically, it was challenging,” Gershon said. “But as an actress, that’s fun.”