A new GeminiMan featurette unveils details of the ambitious facial re-imaging technology used to recreate a 23-year-old Will Smith:
were the protagonist). That’s right—that marks two of the same Smiths at the forefront of the film. The last time we saw two Smiths together on the silver screen was 2013’s, and we all know how that went. Notes Lee in the featurette: “When you see the two Will Smiths, that’s something we’ve never seen before.” You’re telling us, Ang.
To recreate the hyper-realistic, full-bodied and full-functioning rendering of a young and sprightly 23-year-old Smith, the studio relied on advanced motion-capture and digital recreation technologies that, according to VFX Supervisor Bill Westenhofer, were far beyond “de-aging” or “face-replacement” techniques.
Seeing that the digital recreation was entirely reliant on the range of Smith’s performance, it’s no surprise thatcalled for intensive emotional commitment on his behalf. The actor notes he couldn’t have portrayed the younger character when he was 23, but three-decades worth of experience has prepared him to embody both versions of the character.
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