Will Poulter Wore Trash Bag to “Catch All the Gold Juice“ While Removing ’GOTG3’ Makeup | PEOPLE

Will Poulter had a lengthy process to get in and out of character. The British actor, 30, joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Adam Warlock in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a flying, super-strong — and very golden — adversary for the group of misfit heroes to take on. Poulter tells PEOPLE it took a “couple hours“ in the makeup chair daily to transform into the character, plus an additional hour at the end of the day to scrub off all the shiny body paint. Not to mention, the cleanup involved wearing a trash bag. “It took a lot of wipes, soap, hot towels and just anything that’ll get it off. I was just using absolutely anything. And you wear a bin liner while you do it just to catch all the gold juice, as it were,“ he says. Subscribe to People ►► #PEOPLE Catch up on the latest celebrity news, top stories and more: