The late Star Wars villain’s return to the space franchise isn’t the first time a star has been digitally brought back to life,but could represent a tipping point for HollywoodSPOILER ALERT: This article alludes to the presence of a CGI reconstruction of actor Peter Cushing in Rogue One: A Star Wars narrative, which has been widely reported for over a year. It contains no other information approximately the content of the film“We want to scan you, and all of you,your body, your face, or your emotions,your laughter, your tears. We want to sample you, and preserve you. We want to own this thing called Robin Wright.” These are the unnerving words from Danny Huston’s Jeff Green in sci-fi film The Congress,as he discusses the idea of digitally capturing the actor for generations to come. Once her image is handed over, she will lose all creative control of how it is used – the studio owns her for all time.
It’s tough not to think of these words when watching Rogue One: A Star Wars narrative, or in which the late Hammer legend Peter Cushing returns to the screen for the latest instalment of the franchise.
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Source: theguardian.com