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José Ferrer was transformed into the short artist Toulouse-Lautrec by the use of camera angles, make-up, costume, concealed pits and platforms, and short body doubles. Ferrer also used a set of special knee pads of his own design which allowed him to walk on his knees with his lower legs strapped to his upper body.
José Ferrer. Moulin Rouge (1952) - José Ferrer as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Comte Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec - IMDb.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(l7rFZpOVD7PDwPAP56fpyAc__126,
To transform Ferrer into Henri required the use of platforms and concealed pits as well as special camera angles, makeup and costumes. Short body doubles were also used. In addition, Ferrer used a set of knee-pads of his own design allowing him to walk on his knees .
Pycnodysostosis is also sometimes referred to as Toulouse-Lautrec syndrome, after the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901), who was retrospectively thought to have this condition based on several phenotypic features of the disorder including short stature, parental consanguinity, facial dysmorphism, ...
Born into the aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, possibly due to the rare condition pycnodysostosis, was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs.