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So, what did you think about the effects making Isabelle young again? and question about it.

posted 2 years ago by orangeflava (1924)
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Some shots were good and others made me wonder. But good effort by the team and what a task to make a mid 20s girl look under 10 years old!

I was hoping for an unbroken full body shot of the child stand-in from behind into a medium or close-up shot of isabelle to connect the two but i think we always got cutaways. Is that right or did I miss it? Like I said, pretty good job with how they went about it and not using deepfake tech and practical effects though.

Has this even been done before? any other examples?

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I was anxious going into the film but I think they pulled it off pretty damn well. Fair play to them.

[–] mirelurk (884) 2 years ago

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[–] jacotodd47 (2376) 2 years ago

Totally agreed. In some shots she looked ridiculous - in others, they kind of captured her 2009 "Orphan" look. Overall, I wasn't as disturbed as I thought I'd be with Isabelle Fuhrman now being in her mid 20s.

[–] Speeed (195) a year ago

I just watched both the 2009 Orphan and this one.

The original version had her looking convincingly like a 9 year old girl (yes, I know she was 10 at the time) while this second one had quite a few shots of her looking way older esp. around the eyes and jowls.

Plus, this was supposed to have taken place when she was a year younger at 8 years of age with the original family that adopted her so her look wasn't all that convincing. Good effort though.

[–] mechajutaro (2788) a year ago

Fuhrman was already in her late 20s when this was released, so let's salute the filmmakers for not including close-ups of her vijayjay here. Having now been run through by at least a 100 producers on various casting couches throughout Hollywood, there's no way in hell THAT THING could pass for 8 years old