Though, now that Prison Break is returning so are more tattoos. Which meant wearing long sleeve shirts in Dallas where it’s 120 degrees and you’re squatting on your knees in the Sona Prison Yard.' Even when we didn’t have to apply it we had to pretend as though it was there. While chatting with The TV Addict in September 2008, he said about the ink removal, 'The tattoo became for me kind of burdensome after awhile. Can you blame him?Īnd Miller was also happy when Michael's tattoos came off permanently. He said in the video that he looked forward to when Michael could wear long sleeves without showing off his ink.

The process is something the Legends of Tomorrow actor didn't like at all. It's 20 to 25 decals that fit together like the pieces of a puzzle.' I'm usually standing with my arms over my head or twisted around so they can get at various parts of me. 'It's about four to five hours to apply, two people applying it,' he also explained in the behind-the-scenes video. They are most definitely not Miller's own tattoos. As he said in a video filmed when Prison Break first debuted, 'It's one of the most ambitious faux tattoos ever attempted for TV or film.' Take note that he used the word 'faux' to describe them. In order to achieve the look of Michael's elaborate ink, Miller went through quite the ordeal (before his character had the tats removed in Season 4). He even told People in August 2006 about whether or not he would ever get a tattoo, 'No, no, no. It appears that Wentworth Miller doesn't have any tattoos himself in real life. If you're really hoping they are, sorry, but they aren't. Even though the series hasn't aired in 8 years, now that the revival is premiering very soon, there may be some still wondering, ' Are those Prison Break tattoos real?' When Season 1 premiered in 2005, the ink across Michael's arms and torso intrigued many, especially when it was revealed the tats were actually blueprints to help Michael and his brother Lincoln Burrows escape prison. One of the most well-known elements of Prison Break isn't the characters themselves, but rather Michael Scofield's intricate tattoos.

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