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10 Actors Who Were Recreated With Special Effects In Movies

Following the tragic untimely death of Carrie Fisher, Lucasfilm now has a difficult time on their hands in terms of filling the gap she leaves in their plans for Star Wars: Episode IX. Given the fact that computer trickery was used to create a young Princess Leia in Rogue One, many thought that a similar method would be used in future movies. Surprisingly, however, Lucasfilm has confirmed that they will definitely not be completing Fisher's scenes with CGI.

8) Roy Scheider – Iron Cross

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Best known Brody in Jaws, Roy Scheider’s last movie was a little thriller called Iron Cross. It saw Scheider play Joseph, a Holocaust survivor who finally goes after the Nazi who killed his family in old age. Unfortunately, he passed away at the age of 75 before production completed.

As there was just one key scene yet to complete, the filmmakers decided to employ a mix of some talented make-up work and state-of-the-art technology to finish the movie without him. They were granted permission to do so by Scheider’s widow, actress Brenda Seimer-Scheider, and his family.

In a mirror of the method used in Terminator Salvation, director Joshua Newton and his team employed an old-fashioned technique to resurrect Scheider on screen. Their first port of call was to create a prosthetic latex mask of the actor’s very distinctive features which was then worn by a stand-in. Again, like Salvation, the effect was then finalized in post-production.

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