How did Naomi Grossman become Pepper?

How did Naomi Grossman become Pepper?

In the two- to three-plus-hour makeup session, Naomi noted, she had to don “a forehead complete with punched-in eyebrows, a nose, ears, and even a bumpy little spine-piece for my back.” Attention to detail was crucial, even when Pepper’s full body wasn’t shown in a shot.

Who is Pepper from American Horror Story based on?

One of the many Freak Show characters to have been inspired by a real person, Pepper (and her husband, Salty) was inspired by Schlitze Surtees. Known as Schlitzie the Pinhead, he was an early 1900s sideshow performer with microcephaly, a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes an unusually small brain and skull.

Is Pepper from American Horror Story a real person?

Pepper, as played by Naomi Grossman for Freak Show, was based on Schlitze Surtees, a real carnival performer. Schlitze is thought to be a man named Simon Metz, born in 1901 in Bronx, NY.