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How ‘Better Man’s’ ‘Rock DJ’ Dance Number Brought Together 500 Extras and a CG Monkey on a Busy London Street (EXCLUSIVE)
How ‘Better Man’s’ ‘Rock DJ’ dance number brought together 500 extras and a CG monkey on a busy London street
The Regent Street number and the entire movie was effectively shot as a live-action film with Jonno Davies, the British actor who plays Williams, in a motion-capture suit while performing alongside his co-stars. Weta FX brought expertise in the anatomy and movement of simians that was applied to great effect in Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” and the latest “Planet of the Apes” movies. The resulting chimp, writes Variety ’s chief film critic Peter Debruge in his review, “proves far more expressive than most human actors, meaning the movie is built around an animated performance powerful enough to wring tears.”
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