How the 'Gemini Man' visual effects team created a young Will Smith

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For more than 2 years, Ang Lee and some 500 visual effects artists have worked virtually nonstop to create a convincing digital version of Will Smith. And until the film hits theaters October 11, they won’t be sure if they pulled it off.

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Will Smith and Mary Elizabeth Winstead on the set of"Gemini Man" from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. “There’s so much subtlety in expression; you can tell if someone is mad at you or happy with you,” says Weta visual effects supervisor Guy Williams. “If you create a digital human and you don’t get 100% of that nuance in there, your brain instantly starts to throw red flags saying it can’t quite understand what’s going on. If any one part isn’t right — the eyes, the lips, the shape of the nose, the head angle — the whole thing starts to crumble.

Still, for all the high-tech wizardry brought to bear, the character remains firmly rooted in Smith’s performance. “Will had to get all of the nuances in the difference between his 50-year-old self and his 23-year-old self,” says Westenhofer. “There wasn’t a magical technical button for that part of the equation.” For everyone involved — from the executives at Paramount Pictures, which is releasing the film, on down — the process of making “Gemini Man” involved a major leap of faith.

 

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