From Paul Walker to Marlon Brando via Audrey Hepburn, Bruce Lee and his son Brandon, focus on 10 missing stars that technology has enabled to resuscitate on the screen.
Today, technology works wonders, allowing filmmakers and production companies to “resuscitate” missing stars. A posthumous return that is sometimes disturbing, either to complete the shooting of a film after the death of a protagonist, or as part of a simple tribute.
From Paul Walker to Marlon Brando via Audrey Hepburn and Brandon Lee, focus on 10 big names in cinema who have had a second life on the screen thanks to digital special effects. A list to discover above in which does not appear by Carrie Fisher, whose presence in the credits of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was made possible thanks to the use of unpublished images of The Force Awakens.
Paul walker
Universal Pictures International France
But director James Wan and Universal Studios take a strong decision, with the support of Walker’s relatives: to bring the actor back to life with digital special effects for the face (signed Weta Digital, the company created by Peter Jackson), the rest of the body being voiced by his brothers Caleb and Cody. The filming of FF7 can thus come to an end and the memory of Paul Walker be honored.
Philip Seymour Hoffman



Lionsgate
“I regret to have done this for what is his last film”, declared the scenario writer in comments made to The Guardian. “Because frankly, there is not enough Philip Seymour Hoffman in the film. I wish his role was more important.”
Oliver reed



United International Pictures (UIP)
“What we did was modest compared to our other challenges on the film,” said John Nelson, visual effects supervisor for Gladiator. “What Olivier did was so much more incredible. He delivered an inspiring, moving performance. All we did was help him finish his job.”
Peter Cushing



The Walt Disney Company France
“We basically used computer graphics as a tool to change the appearance of Peter Cushing”, explained in 2016 John Knoll, special effects supervisor on Rogue One, at the Yahoo microphone. “And it was done in cooperation with his heirs. It wouldn’t have been done without their agreement or if they weren’t comfortable with the idea.”
Brandon lee



Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI)
To complete the filming of the film, Alex Proyas then uses an understudy (Chad Stahelski, the future director of the John Wick saga) on which he digitally embeds the face of the late actor. It should be noted that to bring Brandon Lee back to life, the Dream Quest company will have needed … 600 hours of work!
Audrey hepburn



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