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This kind of thing isn't at all unprecedented. Oliver Reed died in 1999 during the production of Gladiator, and his face was digitally recreated on a body doub
by apendleton 13y ago
This kind of thing isn't at all unprecedented. Oliver Reed died in 1999 during the production of Gladiator, and his face was digitally recreated on a body double for a couple of scenes he hadn't yet shot, for a movie that came out 14 years ago.
- BrianEatWorld 13y agoEven more recent, CLU from Tron: Legacy is actually just a younger version of Jeff Bridges digitally recreated on current day Jeff Bridges' face. Its a pretty fascinating process as they basically pin points on the imposed face to the underlying one in order to capture the expressions of the non-digital actor.
- christoph 13y agoThe first I can think of was "The Crow" (1994), where they digitally composited Brandon Lee into a few scenes that hadn't been shot/finished. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109506/faq http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109506/faq
- jonhohle 13y agoForrest Gump, which was released two months later had a significant number of digitally recreated deceased people, as well as the current standing president (used without permission, iirc). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/