Jack Churchman holds photographs of the famous characters he has dressed as for charity.
Camera IconJack Churchman holds photographs of the famous characters he has dressed as for charity. Credit: Supplied/Andrew Ritchie        d446104

Lead role for charity

Julian WrightEastern Reporter

Armed with his sister's dress-up clothes and a few homemade props and improvisations, the adventurous Bassendean resident has put on wigs, dresses, cosmetics and prosthetics to mirror about 60 pop-culture characters.

The process is a prelude to the film fanatic cutting off his long locks to raise money for the Cancer Council.

People nominate a famous character for him to imitate on his Facebook page for a donation before he reaches for a pair of scissors.

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The task has gained traction, with more than 380 likes and more than $2200 raised so far, more than his $1500 goal.

"One of my friends did it, but he just cut his hair and I wanted to do something different," Jack said.

"I think I will miss my hair when it is cut but it will grow back."

Jack's mum Suzannah said Jack was touched by the experiences of other people who faced cancer.

"We are very fortunate, no one in our family has had cancer, but people we do know have it or someone in their family does and I think that affected Jack," she said.

Ms Churchman said she jumped at the chance to help Jack in his fundraiser by even recreating scenes that he was not old enough to see for himself.

"He just loves movies," she said.

"At one point, we used his dad's trousers as a jacket because it was the right colour.

"We used flour and water to make a nose for Voldemort."

While he may not fully understand the horror behind Jack Nicholson's "here's Johnny" moment in The Shining, or Sigourney Weaver's gun toting Ripley from Aliens, Jack nevertheless adopted their likeness.

He said his favourite re-creation was, however, from the age appropriate Big Hero 6.

Go to https://www.facebook.com/JacksBigCut/ to donate, or visit http://wa.cancercouncilfundraising.org.au/personalPage.aspx?RegistrationID=907970.