8 Times CGI Made Actors Look Like Something Out Of A Wax Museum (With All Due Respect To Madame Tussaud)
Comingsoon.net is taking a look at some missteps in the evolution of de-aging CGI. Check out our picks in the gallery below!
CGI has been used for everything from realistic-looking spaceships, aliens, and explosions to vast landscapes that do not exist. The most recent implemented of CGI helps older actors and actresses regain what they once thought was lost: their A-list looks. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. CG artists almost always run the risk of producing something that looks like it belongs in a wax museum (or video game).
Madame Tussaud has a similar profession to that of a special effects supervisor; both occupations try to make the inanimate indistinguishable from the animate. As Madame Tussaud gets better at this, so does CGI (shout out to Marvel). Pretty soon you won’t be able to tell the difference between James Dean and his wax-like counterpart…for now, we’re still painfully aware of these touched up or digitally reanimated moments. Relive some of the most jarring animations below.
8 Times CGI Made Actors Look Like Something Out Of A Wax Museum
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Sylvester Stallone, Grudge Match (2013)
There are enough Rocky movies in this world; people are familiar with young Stallone—that's not him.
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Jeff Bridges, Tron: Legacy (2010)
Tron: Legacy was one of the first films to embrace de-aging. An admirable attempt?
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Dwayne Johnson, Central Intelligence (2016)
Well certainly concerned with de-aging, this effect was not concerned with rediscovered any A-list looks. This creation's ridiculousness actually humor to an already hilarious situation.
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Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
This looked ok until a young Jack Sparrow decided to speak.
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Patrick Stewart, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
People have often equated Professor X's appearance in this film to that of an adult toy...
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The Rock, The Mummy Returns (2001)
Back when DJ was truely "The Rock." The Scorpion King's appearance in The Mummy Returns has nothing to do with de-aging, it's just awful.
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Anthony Hopkins, Westworld ((TV Series 2016– )
Even Dolores is confused.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terminator Salvation (2009)
Seeing the T-800 is Salvation was a laughable experience. Terminator Genisys did much better recreating Arnold's iconic look and Terminator: Dark Fate blows both of those films out of the water.
