Sheley Godrfey Season 1 vs 2

There was an interview
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/bp/madeleine-martin-on-new-shelley-of--hemlock-grove----she-just-wants-to-be-a-normal-teenage-girl-035046886.html

"One of the changes on Hemlock Grove this season is that Shelley, the outwardly monstrous daughter (experiment?) of the Godfrey clan, has been recast with actress Madeleine Martin (Californication). Or maybe just "cast" would be better since in the first season, she was played by a variety of actors and stand-ins."

"The thing about Shelley last season — and I wasn't around to understand the process — the result was Shelley was s little bit of an ad hoc formulation week to week. It was kind of a mixture of stand-ins and actors and voice-overs and the 7-foot stand-in and the little girl. It was just cobbled together week to week. And out of that, by the way, came an incredibly visceral, very palpable performance. It was quite arresting and obviously had a huge viewership judging from the boards.

So I thought, my lord, what if one were to sit down and actually design that character? And then how about we go and get a really wonderful actress, which we were able to do. So really, it was about our enthusiasm for that character and really wanting to invest time and resources to bring that character to life in a fully realized way.

And Madeleine just hit it out of the park. Shelley, when we first meet her, as we left her, is mute. And the acting chops that Madeleine brings to this without saying a word is really extraordinary."

And btw the mask including eye looks a lot cheaper in s2

Very funny about the Baby Ruth. Its also a tired cliche'dating back to Frankenstien. I agree the first year Shelley and stand-in worked very well. She had such a sweet face and was able to convey complex emotions. 2nd year Shelley has a hardness to her and yes lost about 12 inches and 50 lbs.