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Patti Harrison WIRED Cover Behind the Scenes

Here’s how we transformed our cover star Patti Harrison into Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos (with Lauren Sánchez Bezos making a cameo appearance too). Behind-the-scenes video produced and edited by Mina Tümay.

Released on 09/22/2026

Transcript

[lively upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

Hi, I'm Pat Harrison.

I am a doctor and an underwater welder.

I do makeup for Lockheed Martin.

I have an incredible team there

and they've really helped me in my artistic career

and they've also let me design some of the bombs and stuff.

[upbeat music]

Who are you? Mark, what is his name?

Yeah, I think it's Greta Thunberg.

[upbeat music]

This look I believe is Greta Thunberg.

Am I saying your name right?

[upbeat music]

Greta Thunberg. [chuckling]

[upbeat music]