Nowadays it would all be CGI. But back in the day… They’d put actors through hell with full makeup that would take hours to apply. And if you were really lucky, you got to do that for years and years!
IIRC Virginia Hey, Zhaan in Farscape, kept having to wear that blue body paint 6-8 months a year until she got kidney problems from it and quit the show.
It’s more that those two have collaborated at least 5 times: Mimic, Hellboy (1 and 2), Pan’s Labyrinth, and The Shape of Water. Basically, no one else was going to be considered for fish boy.
Nowadays it would all be CGI. But back in the day… They’d put actors through hell with full makeup that would take hours to apply. And if you were really lucky, you got to do that for years and years!
Exhibit A: Doug Jones.
It’s a crime that Doug Jones has never played The Scarecrow in a live action Batman movie.
And that Christopher Lee never played Alfred.
That reminds me of the rumored casting of Jeff Goldblum as the Scarecrow for what would have been Schumacher’s follow-up to Batman and Robin.
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IIRC Virginia Hey, Zhaan in Farscape, kept having to wear that blue body paint 6-8 months a year until she got kidney problems from it and quit the show.
Buddy Ebsen was supposed to be The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/buddy-ebsen/
What are the odds that someone would play two completely different fish men in Guillermo del Toro movies?
About the same odds of Danny Elfman being the composer for a Tim Burton movie.
Being a composer is a lot less specific than being a fish man, though.
It’s more that those two have collaborated at least 5 times: Mimic, Hellboy (1 and 2), Pan’s Labyrinth, and The Shape of Water. Basically, no one else was going to be considered for fish boy.
True, true. He’s del Toro’s Johnny Depp.
I’m not sure about that. I think ST still does it the old fashion way and I’ve seen it about The Orville in a making off