Evangeline Lilly had to bleach her hair 'every 10 days' to keep it looking naturally blonde for film role: 'By the end of the shoot it was falling out'
Evangeline Lilly opened up about the lengths she had to go to to keep her hair looking blonde in the movie South of Heaven during an interview with People.
The actress, 42, said she had to dye her hair every 10 days to keep her hair looking naturally blonde, rather than platinum blonde.
'I was bleaching my hair every 10 days, and by the end of the shoot, it was falling out,' the Ant-Man star said.
![Tough on hair: Evangeline Lilly opened up about the lengths she had to go to to keep her hair looking blonde in the movie South of Heaven during an interview with People](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/10/08/23/48943547-10074385-Tough_on_hair_Evangeline_Lilly_opened_up_about_the_lengths_she_h-a-1_1633732574500.jpg)
Tough on hair: Evangeline Lilly opened up about the lengths she had to go to to keep her hair looking blonde in the movie South of Heaven during an interview with People
Lilly said that she and South of Heaven director Aharon Keshales both wanted her character to look like, 'sunshine and the source of life' in the film.
'I chose for her to have the naturally blonde hair and a kind of warmer complexion so that she would look glowing, healthy, vibrant and full of life,' the Lost star said.
'But that upkeep became really arduous because I wanted her to look like she was a natural blonde.'
She also faced the challenge of having cut her hair very short before the film started shooting, a decision she made for fun and not for the character.
![Close shave: Lilly shaved her head for fun about a year before she even started shooting for South of heaven](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/10/08/23/48943543-10074385-image-m-4_1633731962120.jpg)
Close shave: Lilly shaved her head for fun about a year before she even started shooting for South of heaven
![Hair thinning: The actress had to die her hair so often that it started falling out at the end of filming](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/10/08/23/48943545-10074385-Hair_thinning_The_actress_had_to_die_her_hair_so_often_that_it_s-a-2_1633732574510.jpg)
Hair thinning: The actress had to die her hair so often that it started falling out at the end of filming
'[My hair] was so short if it grew out by even a millimeter, you could see it,' the star said. 'I was bleaching my hair every 10 days, and by the end of the shoot, it was falling out.'
Though some fans speculated that she originally cut her for this role, Lilly revealed that she did it 'just for fun.'
'When it came time to do this role, I kind of didn't know if there was anything I needed to do to change how I looked because I already had a shaved head!' the actress said.
![Not much to change: The Real Steel star, seen here in 2015, didn't have these long lock when filming started, so she didn't even need to cut her hair to play the role](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/10/08/23/48943537-10074385-Not_much_to_change_The_Real_Steel_star_seen_here_in_2015_didn_t_-a-4_1633732574513.jpg)
Not much to change: The Real Steel star, seen here in 2015, didn't have these long lock when filming started, so she didn't even need to cut her hair to play the role
South of Heaven is a crime thriller that centers around Jimmy, played by Jason Sudeikis, who is paroled from prison after serving 12 years for an armed robbery. He is released because his love Annie, played by Lilly, will die of cancer.
However, Jimmy gets pulled back into the seedy underbelly of the town he lives when he tries to make some extra money to give Annie the best year of her life.
Sudeikis and Lilly star alongside Shea Whigam of Boardwalk Empire fame and Luke Cage star Mike Colter in the film.
![Keeping busy: Lilly, seen here in 2018, acted in South of Heaven and will reprise her role of Hope Van Dyne in the next Ant-Man movie](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/10/08/23/48943549-10074385-image-m-12_1633732299861.jpg)
Keeping busy: Lilly, seen here in 2018, acted in South of Heaven and will reprise her role of Hope Van Dyne in the next Ant-Man movie
Outside of South of Heaven, Lilly has continued to stay busy.
The Real Steel actress starred in the movie Crisis earlier this year and lent her voice to the Marvel series What if...?
She will reprise her role from the Marvel Cinematic Universe of Hope Van Dyne in the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which is currently filming and set for a 2023 release.
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