 For the 2017 film "Darkest Hour", Gary Oldman talked Kazu Hiro out of retirement to create the Winston Churchill prosthetics.Oldman had been considered for the role of General Thade in Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes" (the role went to his " Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" co-star, Tim Roth) and Kazu Hiro's work at that time had impressed Oldman enough that for him, Kazu Hiro was the only man to turn him into Churchill.For this work, Kazu Hiro won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.