Why do Marvel movie superheroes look younger?

On the screen, the audience once met the young version of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) appear in Captain America: Civil War (2016) or young Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) alongside Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel…

Thanks to the development of de-aging technology, Marvel Studios was able to let Downey Jr. or L. Jackson playing his own character in the past instead of casting new actors.

Comicbook Reportedly, while appearing in a video on the YouTube channel Corridor Crew, Visual Effects Supervisor Kelly Port from Digital Domain revealed behind the scenes some scenes using de-aging technology in the Marvel universe.

The expert said the technology involves a complex multi-step process, and is only used in special scenes.

“There are a lot of different techniques used. Some companies use image synthesis using artificial intelligence (deepfake). They will collect a lot of data about the details of the actor’s facial composition as well as a variety of expressions.

Everything will be tracked, marked and reproduced. It’s like you push, pull, delete or add details on an existing face.”Port sharing.

Alfred Molina in Spider-Man 2 (2004) and after using de-aging technology in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Photo: Sony.

In Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Alfred Molina returns as Doctor Octopus after 17 years since Spider-Man 2 (2004). De-aging technology has helped the 69-year-old actor regain the look of his fifties.

As shared by Kelly Port, this is a real challenge. “As people get older, the signs of age become more and more obvious. Fixing them is basically what you have to do when rejuvenating an actor.”I said.

The filmmaker continued: “But also be careful, because if you overdo it, the actor’s appearance will become too young for the age in the script or worse, turn into a completely different person.

Our task was to try to edit it skillfully, effectively and not to make Molina look too different from the look he looked when he was in Spider-Man 2.”

As for Alfred Molina, in an interview in April 2021, actor revealed that the use of de-aging technology was discussed from his initial conversations with the director. No Way Home Jon Watts.

“He looked at me and said, ‘Did you see what they did to Rob Downey Jr. and Sam Jackson?'”, Molina said.

He also mentioned the de-aging technology used for Robert De Niro in The Irishman (2019): “They make Robert De Niro’s face look younger, but when the character fights, he looks much older.

The character still looks like an old man! Those are the things that worry me when playing the role of Dr. Octopus again. I couldn’t get my body back 17 years ago. It’s the truth!”.

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