While nearly three hours is a long time, it was reportedly condensed from the nearly six-or-seven-hour process from Suicide Squad’s Oscar-winning make-up team.
Hopefully, this long make-up process took even less time when Robbie reprised her role in James Gunn’s forthcoming The Suicide Squad, which started production shortly thereafter.
As you can imagine, Margot Robbie’s transition into Harley Quinn doesn’t happen instantaneously.
It takes a team of talented make-up artists to bring the character to life from the page-to-the-screen, and the process takes up a decent bit of time.