Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thievesstars Michelle Rodriguez and Regé - Jean Page reveal that Sophia Lillis was disappointed that her Druid ’s animate being would be unadulterated CGI instead of performance capture . Based on the beloved tabletop role - playing game , Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thievesfollows a misfit band of adventurers who ship on a seeking to recuperate a lose relic . Each of the cardinal theatrical role in the motion picture is a different class from the game , with Lillis playing Doric the Druid , a magic drug user with the ability to metamorphose into a multifariousness of otherworldly creatures .
Page : “ Did you know that Sophia also studied all of the animal that she twist into ? This is the tragedy of Sophia Lillis . ”
Rodriguez : “ She was a morsel shatter when she found out they were all digital . ”
Sir Frederick Handley Page : “ She think she was going to go full ‘ Andy Serkis ’ on this and legit studied the movements of every animal , which is so badass . ”
Rodriguez : “ I think that ’s so gangster . "
you’re able to also watch the full interview below ( the relevant surgical incision starts at 4:45 ):
Honor Among Thieves Should’ve Used Performance Capture
Dungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thieveshas been contact with mostly plus reviews from audiences and critic alike , but allow Lillis to do carrying out capture for Doric ’s animal would have further elevated the film . Co - director John Francis Daley already showed offHonor Among thief ' behind - the - scene videosdemonstrating that many of the motion picture ’s other creature are in reality create much . It ’s curious , then , that a similar , particular - oriented CGI approach for Doric ’s creatures was n’t used .
Despite feature some lusterless CGI in certain sequences , Doric ’s fauna , for the most part , look quite good . Allowing Lillis to do performance capture , however , would have given the animal an extra layer of emotion , turning them more into in full - fledged graphic symbol rather than just fantasy brute . As Andy Serkis has prove on a number of occasion , with Gollum in theLord of the Ringsmovies and more latterly with Caesar in thePlanet of the Apestrilogy , an actor really doing performance gaining control can elevate what ’s on - screen in a big way .
Of course , no discussion of performance gaining control would be ended without mentioning the recently - releasedAvatar : The Way of Water . The film arguably features the beneficial CGI ever put to screen and carrying out seizure is integral to making the film ’s alien fictitious character feel like genuine beingness with literal emotions . While Doric ’s creatures inDungeons & Dragons : Honor Among Thievesare for sure good enough and do n’t smash the immersion , making use of Lillis ' extensive inquiry and allowing her to do carrying out capture for them may have taken everything to the next level of quality .
germ : BBC Radio 1
