Bringing Actors Back from the Dead: Has CG Gone Too Far?
Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin Image Source WARNING-- MINOR SPOILERS FOR ROGUE ONE BELOW. If you spent part of your winter break watching 2016's best movie-- I'm talking about Rogue One , of course-- then you were in the company of millions of other avid Star Wars fans who shared equal enthusiasm. You also watched a zombie actor in one of the main roles. Let me explain. If you're like me, you can't stay away from articles and trivia facts about movies-- even at the risk of encountering spoilers. Rogue One was unique in a lot of ways, but there was one choice that the director made that shocked me. So I kept my eye on my husband to see if he noticed what I already knew. When Grand Moff Tarkin came onto the screen, he squinted through his glasses, but kept watching. The second time he appeared on screen, he leaned over. "Is he CG?" he asked, eyes still on the screen. I nodded. The whole character of Tarkin-- a character with many lines and a l...