{
  "id": 16770287,
  "title": "How Kazu Hiro Transformed Tom Cruise Into ‘Digger’ With Prosthetics for His Belly, Nose and Chin",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/how-kazu-hiro-transformed-tom-cruise-into-digger-with-prosthetics-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-27T17:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/artisans/news/tom-cruise-prosthetics-digger-kazu-hiro-1236931707/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Oscar-winning prosthetic makeup artist Kazu Hiro has been in the industry for over 30 years. He’s transformed Bradley Cooper, Gary Oldman, Charlize Theron and, most recently, Dwayne Johnson in “The Smashing Machine.” This year, he was tasked with transforming Tom Cruise in “Digger,” in which Cruise plays a Texas oil tycoon. But this isn’t the […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}