Making Guy Henry’s Tarkin (ILM)
Written By Matthew Shadbolt
Something I’m thinking about here is that there’s a spectrum of de-aging approaches. I think this hierarchy follows these rules, in descending order of moral dilemma:
Purely virtual performance + deepfake + resurrection
Purely virtual performance + deepfake
Purely virtual performance (entirely computer generated)
Live-action ‘reference’ performance + digital mapping (this is the example below)
Live action ‘reference’ performance + de-aging
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