CGI and digital effects aren’t just for explosions and sci-fi flicks.
Just what can’t technology do these days?
“On close-up I looked very much like Wonder Woman,” Gadot said.
“On wide shots I looked very funny, like Wonder Woman pregnant with Kermit the Frog.”
But it wasn’t editing something out that created a challenge in editing, it was editing somethingin.
More specifically, adding in pubic hair for Johnson’s character.
In an interview withThe New York Times, cinematographer Seamus McGarvey revealed one of the challenges of post-production.
“We were in the curious situation, in post-production, of adding [hair down there].
Not just women are digitally edited
It’s not just women who get digital edits.
Henry Cavill, star ofJustice League, had already started filmingMission: Impossible Falloutwhen reshoots forJustice Leaguestarted.
The problem was, forMission: Impossible -Fallout, he’dgrown a mustache.
And Superman doesn’t have a mustache.
Speaking about “mustache gate,” Cavill toldEmpire(viaComic Book), “I was slightly surprised.
I wasn’t expectingJustice Leaguereshoots to be as extensive as they were.”
AsReutersnoted, the early Steve was just 90 pounds!
This means that a body double simply wasn’t convincing.
We have to admit their hard work definitely paid off!
“We had 40 more days to go,” Hamm explained.
It’s also a pretty impressive editing job.
Of course, it wasn’t completely perfect.
AsThe Ringernoted, Renner frequently wore long sleeves to cover his casts.
And in one shot, his cast is clearly visible.
Luckily, CGI has progressed to the point where technology could magically touch up just about any skin problem.
Claus Hansen reportedly helped create this technology at Method Studios, a professional retouching company.
According toVulture, this technique was used quite frequently on the showGleeto remove any traces of normal teenage skin.
One director explained, “There was a pimple pass on most episodes.”
However, as theDaily Mailrevealed, the scene was actually CGI’d.
Apparently, Alba has always been resolute in her no-nudity policy.
She toldScarletmagazine, “I’ll never do a nude scene.”
As she went on to explain, it was her Catholic upbringing that made her uncomfortable.
“I can handle being sexy with clothes on but not with them off,” she said.
We can’t blame her for not wanting to work completely naked!
Both actresses became pregnant while filming the show, and both times, their bellies were edited out.
She went on to describe a scene where her character got kidnapped.
But you wouldn’t know all that based on what she looked like in the show!
In aTED Talkabout the impressive CGI in the film, digital editor Ed Ulbrich explained how it was done.
However, this didn’t give a realistic-enough face.
It’s pretty impressive to see what this digital team managed to do!
EvenThe Daily Beastbacked this theory.
He only played a small role he appears briefly as a hitchhiker sporting a pretty horrifichaircut.
However, according toYahoo!,Maguire wasn’t so keen, and asked for $15,000 in exchange.
Gilliam chose to use a bald cap and CGI instead of paying Maguire the money.
However, apparently the digital editing ended up costing even more!
Plus, there’s no denying that the cringe-worthy hairstyle definitely adds a certain something to the odd character.
We just aren’t sure if it was really worth over $15,000!
During production, a set was destroyed by a storm and the script was rewritten.
With all of the delays, it ended up costing $175 million to make, according toForbes.
One thing that was definitely added using CGI was a pair of gills for Costner.
It seems that back in the ’90s, CGI wasn’t quite as easy as it is today!
In the case of the 2011 movieThe Change-Up, Olivia Wilde appears naked during one scene.
However, as Wilde noted onJimmy Kimmel Live!
(viaEntertainment Weekly), it’s all an illusion.
“I wasn’t actually naked, but now Iappearnaked,” she explained.
“They CGI’d me naked,” she added.
Later, in post-production, details were added digitally.
Wilde even got to approve the edits.
Talk about having a weird day at the office!
AsExpressreported, many users noted on Twitter at the time that the body was definitely not Headey’s.
And it certainly wasn’t an easy job for the mysterious body double.
As Headey’s co-star Hannah Waddington said toVulture,“Our fantastic body double was just so brave.
I had a lot of respect for her.”
In theoriginalversion of the movie, Hannah’s bottom was clearly visible in the scene.
However, when the movie was released on the Disney+ streaming platform, some questionable CGI was added.
Apparently, they tried to extend her long blond hair.
As oneTwitteruser joked, “They gave her a furry bath mat on her butt what the hell.”
This one is definitely a hilarious case of CGI gone wrong.
With almost universally badreviews, the movie was a sound flop.
AsStylistnoted, the movie that most of us saw was actually a second version.
Apparently, the first cut was filled with errors that needed to be edited out using CGI.
