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‘Better Man’: How Weta’s Emotive CG Monkey Became the Star of the Robbie Williams Biopic (EXCLUSIVE)
The Weta FX team details how it created 'Better Man's' emotive CG monkey in the Robbie Williams biopic.
The studio knows a thing or two about CG simians, having created stunning characters for Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” and the latest “Planet of the Apes” movies, but every story has its own unique requirements. “We could have created the best looking digital ape ever, but if everyone around him is not convincing, then the whole thing sort of falls apart,” explains VFX supervisor Luke Millar, who with key members of the team recently sat down for an exclusive interview with Variety at Wellington-based Weta. The look of their synthetic simian started with a scan of Williams for key features, but incorporated the proportions of Davies (for instance, his height so that the actors could look at each other, rather than tennis balls or sticks to create eyelines.
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