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How Hollywood Pulls Off The Best Food Scenes In Movies And TV Food stylists wizardry brings memorable culinary moments to life, from Brad Pitt s lollipops to Meryl Streep s ducks. By Matthew Jacobs Illustration by Isabella Carapella/HuffPost; Photos: Alamy and Getty Images Seen here: Oprah Winfrey in Lee Daniels The Butler, Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke and Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote. Do you ever notice the way actors eat on-screen? I do. Take the volatile dinner scene in “American Beauty.” It lasts three minutes, but we only see one bite of food enter someone’s mouth; the rest is just a lot of argumentative fork-waving. After the central family in Spike Lee’s “Crooklyn” blesses their supper, they spend a lot more time discussing the meal than actively consuming it. The Thanksgiving comedy “Home for the Holidays” used 64 turkeys, according to director Jodie Foster, but not a single one got eaten. And though Paul Newman downing ....
Updated Jan 26, 2021 All The Mouthwatering Food You See In Movies? That s Someone s Job. As culinary culture exploded across America in the last few decades, food stylists became pervasive on Hollywood sets. By Matthew Jacobs Illustration by Isabella Carapella/HuffPost; Photos: Alamy and Getty Images Seen here: Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia, Spike Lee and Danny Aiello in Do the Right Thing, and Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. Melissa McSorley found herself researching which apple varieties existed in the 1960s, one of many specifics that made “Mad Men” so precise. Susan Spungen became a hand double for Meryl Streep, trussing a duck in “Julie & Julia” as if she were the one portraying the legendary Julia Child. Christine Tobin set off a hotel fire alarm at 4 a.m. while searing pork chops so Frances McDormand could gnaw on the bones in the HBO miniseries “Olive Kitteridge.” ....