Cases in cinema when actors appeared in films not by themselves, but with the help of digital technologies (9 photos)

Today you can make a film where all the actors will be replaced by neural networks, and no one will even notice the trick. Perhaps everyone would agree that these Technology is now developing at such a speed that it’s even scary. Surprisingly, just 5 years ago, no one really heard about neural networks. And they would be very useful in the cinema. Alas, sometimes it happens that the actors pass away during the filming of the film and not manage to finish their scenes. Therefore, many directors had to "resurrect" them using computer graphics, since replacing them duplicates were not possible. By the way, such techniques were used even in the 70s. years! So, let's see in which films the actors appeared in films not by themselves, but with the help of digital technologies.

Marlon Brando in Superman Returns (2006)





Brando himself was not filmed, he died two years before the release of the picture. For of this film, archival footage of the actor taken from Materials of the film "Superman" in 1978. Marlon Brando played Jor-El.

Carrie Fisher in Rogue One. Star Wars Tales (2016)



Recreated with CGI and the voice was taken from archival footage other films of the saga. The actress herself died the year the film was released.

Peter Cushing in Rogue One. Star Wars Tales»





The actor himself died back in 1994 and was recreated for this film with using a computer. He was "played" by another actor, Guy Henry, whose face was on replaced in post-production with a digital version of Peter Cushing's face

Laurence Olivier in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)



Suddenly became the main villain of the film, although he died 15 years before it exit. The villainous hologram performed by Olivier appeared with the help of archival videos of the actor and computer graphics.

Bruce Lee in The Game of Death (1978)



The actor died during the filming of the film in 1973, due to which the "Game death” had to be filmed without him. Lee's character was played by other actors whose faces were then replaced with his. And since the yard was the seventies in some places it looked very noticeable.

Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 7 (2015)



The famous final scene for the song "See You Again" was filmed already without Walker. The actor died in a car accident in 2013, and the film was filmed with the help of his brothers Caleb and Cody Walker. Including this scene. The actor's face was superimposed using graphics.

Oliver Reed in Gladiator (2000)



The actor died during the filming of the film, so to create one of scenes had to use footage already shot with Reed, which was digitally by inserted into other decorations.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator Salvation (2009)



Arnie as a T-800 looks like a video game character. But this the animation model of Schwarzenegger appeared in the film. Still it was the technology of the zero.

Sean Young in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)



The actress who played Rachel in the original 1982 Blade Runner year, became young again in the sequel, which was released 35 years later. All due to the fact that in the second part Rachel was no longer played by Sean Young, but Lauren Pita, whose face was changed to Yang's. The actress herself taught his understudy on how to play her. In addition, Young voiced the lines heroines.