The VFX pros that created a fully-CG Will Smith featured in Ang Lee’s thriller GeminiMan detail their work in a new episode of THR's BehindTheScreen podcast. Listen:
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and the creation of its famous CG tiger; and three time-Academy Award-nominated VFX supervisor Guy Williams from Weta, Peter Jackson’s New Zealand-based VFX house that did the work on the film. , Smith stars as Henry, an elite assassin who is hunted by a clone of his younger self. As a result, the team had to create a 23-year-old Smith in the digital realm, to act alongside current day Smith .
The work on the digital Smith began with gathering photos of the actor at a younger age. In arriving at the look, Williams said detailed research involved how skin moves and pores behave and capturing all of the emotion and nuance of the performance. "If anything isn't right, it falls apart." There were various techniques used to complete the film. For scenes during which Smith's Henry and Junior appear together, Smith performed on set as Henry, with a reference actor as Junior. Then he performed Junior's role on a mocap stage, with a reference actor playing Henry. features interviews with directors, cinematographers, editors and other artists behind the making of motion pictures and series.
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