Should Movies Use CGI to Bring Actors Back from the Dead?
Can you imagine what the cast of The Expendables would have looked like if it had been made in the 1970s?
What if Sly decided to do a movie where a young Barney Ross and Stonebanks [Mel Gibson] brought the team together? CGI could be used to de-age older actors or “bring back” dead actors for a role.
The technology is there. In fact it was Sarah Moran’s Should Movies Use CGI to Bring Actors Back from the Dead? (at Screenrant) that got me thinking about this again. (The article is worth a read even if you’re not a Star Wars fan.)
While I’d love to see a movie with some of my favorite departed movie stars in their prime co-starring together, there are other considerations. How would the departed star have felt? Does it matter? Is it morally or ethically right to use a person’s likeness for a role he/she may have not approved of? (I’m thinking advertisements mostly here.) Would you be interested in seeing old stars “revived” for new roles.
What are your thoughts. I’d love to see your comments.
It’s a no from me
So far the “no’s” or no has it!
That’s a difficult one. Generally I think I’d lean more towards no with a few exceptions. I don’t mind CGI being used to make older actors and actresses to look younger in flashback scenes of a film. And the CGI Peter Cushing in Rogue One kind of worked because the Tarkin character was essential to the story.
Jeremy – I think your stance is a good one. It will be interesting to see how this all pans out as the technology keeps getting better and better.
It depends on the reason. If it serves the story, yes. If it is a publicity stunt, no.
“It depends on the reason. If it serves the story, yes. If it is a publicity stunt, no.”
My guess is a producer is ALWAYS going to say it serves the story if it brings good publicity. ; )
My first gut reaction was an attempt at being respectful to that passed, and say ‘no.’. I have faced this with a recent on going treatment im considering developing into a screenplay. (which would be my first script in over a decade) i realize that …(sorry to say but it seems i feel the same about executions/capital punishment) if the loved one’s of the deceased are in support of it…and especially if they have legal say so…who are we to say yes or no, considering as Craig commented…a producer etc is always going to try and find in their mind that they’re case scenario is just…(as for me personally…as Bronson & Lee would have been terrific in an Expendables intallment…) if i was directing, just put in a framed picture, a previously used gun or wardrobe…and let that be the appearance and homage. -chris