![The makeup artists behind The Exorcist (1973) were so terrible at their jobs, that Max Von Sydow ended up looking decades older than he was, and Linda Blair looking like she was The makeup artists behind The Exorcist (1973) were so terrible at their jobs, that Max Von Sydow ended up looking decades older than he was, and Linda Blair looking like she was](https://preview.redd.it/4fhxtmtrho681.jpg?auto=webp&s=c0b48b2ccdeba702577ea2c9b6b6a2958146f74c)
The makeup artists behind The Exorcist (1973) were so terrible at their jobs, that Max Von Sydow ended up looking decades older than he was, and Linda Blair looking like she was
![In The Exorcist (1973), Max von Sydow plays an elderly priest. As Sydow was only 44, it took them 4 hours in makeup every time so he'd look old enough. They did In The Exorcist (1973), Max von Sydow plays an elderly priest. As Sydow was only 44, it took them 4 hours in makeup every time so he'd look old enough. They did](https://preview.redd.it/vuiguxhklrl41.jpg?auto=webp&s=1def1eec3ed538d8ca29438811d77170139742fe)
In The Exorcist (1973), Max von Sydow plays an elderly priest. As Sydow was only 44, it took them 4 hours in makeup every time so he'd look old enough. They did
Max von Sydow dead: Swedish star's films included 'The Greatest Story Ever Told,' 'The Exorcist' - Los Angeles Times
![Gavia Baker-Whitelaw on Twitter: "max von sydow's old-age makeup in The Exorcist is positively clairvoyant. here's him in 1973 vs 2015: https://t.co/brekvudxDr" / Twitter Gavia Baker-Whitelaw on Twitter: "max von sydow's old-age makeup in The Exorcist is positively clairvoyant. here's him in 1973 vs 2015: https://t.co/brekvudxDr" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dgag-YlXkAEBsfB.jpg)