The Eyes of Tammy Faye Transformations: See the Actors vs. the Real-Life Characters
"You have to reach through the makeup—you can't let the makeup be the performance," explained the two-time Oscar nominee, who's also a producer on the film. "She was so emotional, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to get emotional with all this stuff all over me. Am I going to be able to see people and feel free? I just had to get used to it. So much for me is I have to trick my mind.
Over the years, with her heavy makeup and propensity for tearing up on camera, Tammy Faye became easy fodder for late-night punchlines. And undeservedly so, as far as, inspired by the 2000 documentary of the same name, the actress has set out to rehumanize the woman who, among other attributes that made her stick out among her contemporaries, defied the largely discriminatory practices of her fundamentalist background in reaching out to the LGBTQ community and HIV/AIDS patients..
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In 1989, Jim, who pleaded not guilty, was convicted of 24 counts of wire fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud and sentenced to 45 years in prison. He served five, his sentence reduced on appeal, and upon his release penned the autobiographythat, when he was 11, he was molested by a male member of his family's church, leaving him very confused about his sexuality. In 1998 he married, they have five children together, and he presides over Morningside ministry in Blue Eye, Mo.