Another Look How Thanos Was Created for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’

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By now everyone knows that Thanos was fully computer generated by the visual effects teams. We also know that Josh Brolin’s mo-cap performance as Thanos was the center point of the film and one of the most entertaining parts of Avengers: Infinity War. Slashfilms reveals in a new report how it all came together. They were fortunate enough to explore the visual effects house of Digital Domain to get a behind the scenes look at how the artists crafted the Mad Titan’s journey to obtain the Infinity Stones. Check it out in the video player above.

“We wanted to tell a story about a character with a really complex and empathetic interior life,” co-director Anthony Russo added. “There’s not a lot of actors who can give you both of those things. Josh Brolin brings a reality to the character.”

The Russo Bros. have spoken at length about Thanos and Brolin’s portrayal, emphasizing the details he brought to the character despite all of the CG work.

In an interview with Indiewire, Joe Russo commented: “I think Thanos is a marvel, you’re watching Josh as a giant, purple alien, and you’re seeing all of his movement, all of his facial expressions, on the most subtle level. I don’t know that we’ve seen that level of photo-real performance capture before. Maybe in the Apes films, but this is really groundbreaking.”

Anthony Russo continued:

“Even though he’s despicable on so many levels, there’s a part of Thanos that is very empathetic. He has a very complex inner life, and he’s not all bad. Josh is a performer who’s capable of delivering that kind of complexity, where you have that level of violence in him, but at the same time you have that level of sensitivity.”

Do behind the scenes pieces like this ruin your enjoyment of a film or do you, like myself, want to know it all? Give us your opinion at GVNation.

Avengers: Infinity War is now available on Blur-ray, DVD, and digital HD.

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