24-year-old Christian Fritz has Proteus syndrome, which causes parts of his skin, bone, and flesh to grow large and misshapen. Varshavski: What's interesting about Proteus syndrome is it affects ...

The supervillain inspired by David Lynch's 'The Elephant Man' is Barry Keoghan's Joker in 'The Batman' because he has a congenital disease causing his deformity ...

His take on the heartbreaking story of Joseph Merrick made his career – but is the late director’s least typical film also his greatest? Amidst the many weird and wonderful characters from the ...

trying to create the make-up for John Merrick’s Proteus syndrome himself. But it was too heavy for lead John Hurt to wear, he couldn’t move in it. Another make-up artist, Chris Tucker was ...