>During a recent appearance on A24’s “A Bigger Canvas” podcast, Scorsese admitted to “The Souvenir” director Joanna Hogg that the VFX required to de-age the actors continues to worry him. De Niro’s present day appearance and his de-aged look will be mixed up throughout the movie
>Robert De Niro is playing Sheeran across decades, with Scorsese using VFX to de-age the actor to appear up to 30 years younger. The VFX are also being applied to Al Pacino, who stars as Hoffa.
>“Why I’m concerned, we’re all concerned is that we’re so used to watching them as the older faces,” Scorsese said. “When we put them all together, it cuts back and forth….Now, it’s real. Now, I’m seeing it. Now, certain shots need more work on the eyes, need more work on why these exactly the same eyes from the plate shot, but the wrinkles and things have changed. Does it change the eyes at all? If that’s the case, what was in the eyes that I liked? Was it intensity? Was it gravitas? Was it threat?”
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This film was announced years ago and had so much buzz and hype and then like 9 months nothing but silence. I think they all know they've fucked up bigly and are trying to bury it. But it's $200 million budget, was WAY overbudget and they have basically burned the money
John Brown
They won't bury it. It will be the main Oscar push for Netflix if it comes out this year.
It wont be as bad as "New York, New York". Marty will survive it.
Owen Adams
they're not burying it, they just don't want to release the trailer with shit cgi
Mason Mitchell
there was not a single example of deaging looking good in cinema to this day. They bet they will be the first. Will they?
Aaron Gutierrez
They're trying to be. But it looks like they'll have to spend another $50 million on it.
Aiden Lopez
>main Oscar push for Netflix Not when everybody is talking about how weird it looks.
>you seen the new scorsese? >the one played by robots?
Jaxon Williams
I thought sam jackson looked good in captain marvel
Jaxon Watson
Michael Douglas on AntMan is pretty fucking impressive. At least for the non-vfxfag eye
Wyatt Thomas
Scorsese said that he is concerned about the look of the eyes. That's hardly that big of a deal, they still have time to fix that.
Caleb Long
Jeff Bridges in Tron 2
Alexander Nguyen
DONT LISTEN OR LOOK AT OLD PEOPLE GOYIM
William Taylor
May as well have just made a fucking cartoon, stupid fucking guinea.
Connor Fisher
lmao
Jaxson Rivera
De Niro and Pacino aren't serious actors anymore and Pesci is retired. Why did Scorsese bring them back? Let the old farts rest.
Noah Brown
"deaging" is a meme. all they do is take the current actors and smooth the wrinkles out. all the proportions of their heads and faces (which change with age) remain the same, and they look nothing like they did in the past. instead they look like old people covered with thick makeup to hide their wrinkles. you need to create entirely digital characters if you want truly "deaged" actors, and we're just not yet at the point where that looks convincing; an example being cg cushing in rogue one, which was well done quality wise but still noticeably not real. in a few years that might change. that deepfake stuff also has potential
Carson Johnson
If this is a colossal disaster, Scorsese can still find work because A-list actors like DiCaprio love him, but he will be on a tight leash. No more Silence, Irishman or any other passion projects, only guaranteed wins like Wolf of Wall Street etc.
Jose Barnes
Get the old gang back. Work with Marty again and get PAID? no brainer
Julian Barnes
wow what a big brain you are, yes user they actually are not aware of that at all they just smooth out the wrinkles you're exactly right
It literally can't be worse than Hugo and Silence.
Kayden Cruz
This is exactly the kind of shit Tarantino wants to avoid by retiring after the film that follows Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Out of touch old man with a limp dick ruining his legacy.
Christian Torres
TRUMP CURSE COMING ON DE NIRO! HOLY FUCK!!!
Isaac Miller
I think ultimately he's trying to capture something you can't with cg and he's changing and tweeking things pointlessly
Kayden James
>Hugo >bad
Tyler Sanchez
your pic is not deaging. it's a fully digital character
Why not just cast younger actors for the flashbacks?
Easton Torres
Wew that is trash. Why do they even bother?
Aiden Gonzalez
>only guaranteed wins like Wolf of Wall Street How is an R-Rated comedy about degenerate wall street bankers a sure win? It's a great movie but if it didn't have Leo it probably wouldn't have made half what it did at the box office. Also Marty is one of the most respected directors in Hollywood. He won't have any problem finding financing for whatever he wants to do next, however he'll be 77 later this year so it's probably getting to a point where his next movie might be his last.
Oliver Price
To me, no matter how perfect it's the deaging, it doesn't stops being creepy in some way because it's just a fake human after all (even if it's only the face). It's like watching a deceasing actor being present and acting as if nothing happened. In my opinion, it's better to keep doing as always and hire young actors that resemble the original, and maybe use the deaging in some exceptional situations or sci-fi movies.
Camden Reed
I meant "deceased actor". Sorry.
Jaxson Cruz
I do think that de-aging is fundamentally immoral in the sense that the old guys are essentially stealing acting opportunities from younger actors. The government needs to act on this.
Easton Carter
This. I’m guessing they will begin using the deepfake technology to blend actual with younger lookalike.
Jace Price
shopped
Nathan Sanchez
>it's better to keep doing as always and hire young actors I always hate that because people's jawlines and nose structures don't change when the age. The actor they chose for Young Ned in GoT was a white guy with brown hair , sure. He didn't have Sean Bean's nose, though.
If you can't tell it's deaged (like Kurt, Sam Jackson, or Douglas in the MCU) I fail to see how it's a problem past your own personal autism
Carter Foster
It's still astonishing to this day how the guy who plays young James Cagney in "Angels with Dirty Faces" resembles him so much, not only physically, but in the acting and movements too.
A good casting makes deaging useless and can lead to the discovery of a real new good actor.
On the other hand more VFX creators are being hired. I know which industry I'd rather support
Jayden Thomas
>How is an R-Rated Scorsese comedy about degenerate wall street bankers not a sure win? >How did it get funded/ make money when- oh yeah because it is an R-Rated Scorsese film about excess with Leo attached as the lead. it's a dumb fun movie. silence is the risk/ passion project. WoWS is hijinx and true crime
Charles Cruz
Why didn't he just let go of the idea he had of the film 20 years ago? It was too late, should have just re-cast.
Lincoln Howard
>there was not a single example of deaging looking good in cinema to this day It was alright in Benjamin Button.
Luke Lewis
Marty is about to die. Let the old man have his fun, he deserves it.
Owen Rodriguez
Not trying to be racist but Jackson being black made it much more easy.
Brody Barnes
why the fuck did they do it? should have just cast some actors in the flashbacks and save like 100 million. this movie is going to look hilariously dated in 10 years and we'll laugh at it
Aiden Howard
Only one scene, in a very controlled lightning enviroment. Not the whole movie. youtu.be/I7Abj3ShPTM
Lucas Collins
He still walked like an old man
Daniel Jenkins
>this movie is going to look hilariously dated in 10 years and we'll laugh at it I honestly think it might look dated and comedic right from the get-go.
this if Liza’s character was hot it would be an American classic
Charles Torres
>jewish problems
Jayden Taylor
Black don't crack
Aaron Hernandez
>rent free
Gabriel Nguyen
Well at least he’s admitting there’s problems with the movie they’re still working on. So often I feel like press leading up to a movie always tries to be squeaky clean like everything is going exactly according to plan.
Isaiah Bell
Fuck zoomers, it's a boomer world
Jeremiah Ramirez
have you seen Overlord, he's basically doing a Snake impression in it
Jaxon Rivera
Nahhhhhhh, it works and looks great nowadays. Keep seething my very unfortunate friend.
Benjamin Morales
Fuck, i haven't. Thanks for reminding me.
Jacob Kelly
That is not how Samuel L Jackson looked like when he was younger.
James Nguyen
>and then like 9 months nothing but silence I'd be glad if it's anything like Silence lmao
William Harris
He's not playing Samuel L. Jackson.
Dominic Clark
it has been in the post for 15 months now. how do you youthify someones chin fat and hunched back?
Owen Parker
Young Buscemi in Boardwalk was excellent And since this is about De Niro, Once upon a time in America already did it, young Bobby actor was also a great match. Old Bobby in make-up kinda looked off but it worked because that part was meant to have something off and theatrical about it. CGI de aging will always look soulless compared to prosthetics.
