Cindy Lou actor explained why she was the only Who in Whoville without a massive nose

Taylor Momsen has opened up about why she didn't have to adopt a big nose while playing Cindy Lou in How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

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Momsen played the role of Cindy Lou at the young age of seven, but she still remembers a lot from being on set.

The 29-year-old actor turned rock musician has since revealed why she was spared from having to wear a prosthetic nose like all the other Whos in Whoville.

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In an interview with the Today Show, Momsen explained why she didn't have to to wedge on a presumably fairly heavy and uncomfortable prosthetic nose.

She said: "I do remember having a lot of fun on that set. I mean the prosthetics for example, all the Whos wore prosthetics but I was too young to actually wear the prosthetics so they wrote a line into the film of, 'She hasn't even grown into her nose yet'.

"So they just put a little blush on my nose."

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However, seven-year-old Momsen didn't get away that easily.

"I remember it was the first time I'd ever worn a wig in my life. Putting all my hair into the bobby pins and into the wig cap and the big wig everyday.

"It was the first time I ever wore fake eyelashes and I had the fake teeth and I remember with the fake teeth, I hated the taste of the glue that went in. [...] And so I wouldn't take them out once I put them in and I would eat with them and everything," she recalled.

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The actors playing Whos also had to take part in 'what we called 'Who School', Momsen says. "Because there's so many acrobats and contortionists and Whos have all these walking on top of balls and all these things," she continues.

Momsen herself had to complete 'about a month' of training 'learning how to do the stunts' because she did 'most of the stunts' herself.

"[I] had to learn all the safety protocols and how to fall down a trap door without getting hurt. I remember that as like 'Who Bootcamp'."

Having gotten away with no prosthetic nose, Momsen - who is recognised 'quite a bit' for her role in the film - resolved: "It was a ball. All the stunts I loved. It was such an amazing thing I got to be a part of that."

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Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.