In the old days, a lucky unknown lookalike (or look enough alike) could have scored the part of young Jack Sparrow or Tony Stark. 2") and scores of others getting digital facelifts to play younger versions of themselves. (in "Captain America: Civil War"), Michael Douglas (in "Ant-Man"), Kurt Russell (in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. It's all post-production visual effects, and after a decade of refining the process since Brad Pitt ran the gamut of time in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," it's becoming commonplace in major Hollywood movies.ĭepp is just the latest mega-star to get the drastic de-aging treatment on screen, joining the ranks of Robert Downey Jr. There was no plastic surgeon involved, heavy makeup or archival footage used to take the actor back to his boyish "Cry Baby" face, however. Johnny Depp is 53 years old but he doesn't look a day over 26 in the new "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie-at least for a few moments. The final shots, of which there are about 20-25, took about 15 artists a year of work. It went through a number of iterations, over the course of six months, to arrive at the perfect age.
Lola Visual Effects first captured a performance from the actual actor and then manipulated it. This combination of photos released by Disney, shows the character Jack Sparrow at two stages of his life in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales." Johnny Depp, who portrays the character, is the latest mega-star to get the drastic de-aging treatment on screen.
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