Perhaps someone does not know his real name, but as soon as the ominous "Zombie Fight" pops up on the Internet, everyone understands who he is talking about. Considered to be a dead man freak, the body and head of this strange character is completely covered with gloomy tattoos, which brought him incredible popularity.
Now a thirty-year-old young man, not looking crazy and reasoning quite sensibly, admits that he made a good investment by decorating himself with frightening drawings. Rick Genest's body is dotted with tattoos, which he himself considers very aesthetic.
Life on the street
The Canadian-born celebrity-to-be has loved horror films since childhood, especially those involving surgery. As a teenager, Rick runs away from home and sleeps on the streets with friends. He says that the nickname "Zombie" has stuck with him since those reckless times. Seeingonce the cult film "Night of the Living Dead" by D. Romero, the guy suddenly understands how he wants to look.
Dark images
From the age of 16, a teenager systematically decorates himself with tattoos. The pain he experiences while doing this, Rick calls the source of his pleasure. Realizing that unusual images can cause increased interest in his person, he posts his photos on the Internet on his personal page.
Rick Genest's dark tattoos attract a huge number of subscribers in the first weeks. Zombie Boy is often photographed in front of cemeteries, maintaining his intimidating image.
Provocations and shocking
Thanks to his outrageous appearance, many celebrities want to work with him, he has already starred in a video with no less provocative Lady Gaga, participated in the feature film "47 Ronin". Rick believes that his image brought him incredible fame and decent money. If he had remained an ordinary guy, his life would have been empty and uninteresting.
He is afraid to imagine that his tattoos will ever get boring, and subscribers will turn away from a character who will no longer surprise them. In this case, according to him, he has a backup plan - cut off his nose or split his tongue like a snake. And no one knows if Rick is serious at this moment, or is joking so strangely.
Good investment in tattoo
Being a teenager and spending all the money he earned on "eternal" drawings, the young man hardly imagined where it would lead him. At first, the motives were simple. A difficult teenager who lived on the street and listened to punk rock could not help but have a single tattoo. Gradually, he got involved, and drawing on the body became a completely ordinary thing, for which he spent thousands of Canadian dollars. Now he admits that the investment paid off well, he earns good money on his image of a dead man.
Image of a walking corpse
12 tattoo artists worked on Rick Genest's current appearance. The brain seems to be visible through his head, this surprisingly corresponds to the name "Zombie Boy".
The frightening image of a rotting body is conveyed with the help of drawings of flies and corpse worms. Saying that there is a special magic in the process of decomposition, Rick associates his tattoos with the other world and the transience of life. Outrageous Rick Genest, whose personal life is still not settled, says in all interviews that he will definitely not live to old age and therefore is not going to start a family.
From the circus to the podium
The outrageous character of show business, who is fond of not only decorating his body, once worked in a circus, swallowing swords and walking on broken glass. Loving extreme, he thus earned new tattoos. He even participated in a freak show, in which one of the tasks was eating worms. A pleasant surprise for him was getting into the modeling business. Professional photographers found Rick Genest on social networks, offering huge fees for shooting.
World fame
Happy itThe work that has already brought world fame was the collaboration with Nicola Formichetti - the stylist of the notorious Lady Gaga and the creative director of Thierry Mugler. The image of a revived corpse appears on the catwalk during fashion shows. From that moment on, Rick Genest, whose tattoos become his trademark, is constantly busy at photo shoots, and the fashion world cannot imagine a single party without an outrageous character.
Charming and lonely
During filming, he has a frozen expression on his face so that the embossed design on the skull is not distorted. But in general, the guy is quite nice, his expressive eyes and charming smile are especially good. He is an interesting storyteller, journalists note that after a few of his phrases, attention to unusual drawings ceases to focus.
Living to the fullest and loving provocations not only on the podium, but also in life, Rick Genest considers himself a real freak. And his wife, whom all the fans want to know about, is a concept from the world of fantasy. Although, perhaps the fact is that not every girl would like to be in an apartment with a decaying corpse, even earning good money.
