10 Most Ridiculous Uses Of CGI In Movie History

10. Wesley Snipes' Eyes - Blade: Trinity

Using CGI to help enhance a scene or an actor's performance is one thing, relying on it for something as ridiculous as the opening of someone's eyes because said performer can't be arsed doing what they're paid for is something else entirely.

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Blade star Wesley Snipes famously didn't get on with Blade: Trinity (2004) director David S. Goyer during the filming of the third feature in the series. Things got so bad at one stage that the pair would only converse through Post-it notes. But, the undoubted low-point of their working relationship came during a scene set in the morgue.

Snipes was lying on a table and the actor had been asked to simply open his eyes. His body double would then take over for the ensuing fight scene. However, the star outright refused to play ball and kept his eyes firmly shut on set. So, the decision was made to digitally layer a set of artificial eyes over the top of his own, which would dramatically open when the time was right.

The end result looks about as awful as you'd expect, and acts as a permanent reminder of just how surreal life got on the set of this ill-fated vampire-centric sequel.

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