From aicn, This was taken about three months ago -- Our first meeting with the three of us.
This pose was a jokey homage to the classic Universal Wolfman/Famous Monsters Magazine-era style, but seeing Benicio getting "wolfy" for the first time, even in jest, gave us chills. It was our first glimpse of what we could expect from this amazingly original and gifted actor.
It was very exciting to see these guys in the same room. Rick could tell immediately that Benicio was a sincere fan of the Lon Chaney Jr. original. Rick is such a Wolfman fan, he admitted that he's only campaigned for two films in his entire career. One was "Ed Wood" and the other is this project.
Seeing them together in the same room made me feel the project was finally becoming a reality.
Rick's assistant Kazu took extensive hi-rez digital photos (on this incredible 30 megapixel Hasselblad digital camera) of Benny making various facial expressions. we were all so stunned to see just how expressive Benicio's snarls and grimaces were, even without make-up.
Rick joked, "so, whattaya need ME for?!"
That said, the designs that Rick has created for Benicio are astonishing -- subtle, detailed, (sexy), terrifying.
1 comment:
Yeah, yeah, could be good. The AICN guys always write like such tools, though. Always with that simpering "fanboy with the inside track" tone. Annoying.
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