Kurt Russell as Santa in The Christmas Chronicles
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Kurt Russell's The Christmas Chronicles Beard Created One Complication
By JOE ROBERTS
"The Christmas Chronicles" sees young siblings Teddy and Kate join Santa on Christmas Eve for what should have been a magical night of gift-giving, but ends up as an adventure.
Russell tried to grow an impressive facial mane for the part, but it wasn't enough for the production team. Per Entertainment Weekly, they added several sections to the beard.
"The Christmas Chronicles 2" director Chris Columbus said that Russell "grew 80% of that beard" himself but that pieces were added by the makeup team.
"With intense physical activity on camera, those pieces start to break off. So we had to be careful about that," Columbus added.