12 Insanely Subtle CGI Movie Moments Nobody Noticed

4. Keira Knightley's Skin - The Jacket

The Jacket Keira Knightley Adrien Brody
Warner Independent Pictures

You may not remember much of this Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody-starring 2005 thriller, but you certainly weren't drawn out of the movie by any garish digital make-up effects either, that's for sure.

Knightley has, by her own admission, suffered with sensitive skin her entire life, and this came to a head while filming The Jacket, when the actress had some unfortunate and unexpected complexion issues, which were then digitally smoothed out in post-production (a necessity given the amount of flesh she bares in the film).

Hilariously, the VFX artists named the skin-smoothing software "Keira-sil", while the end result is 100% invisible. Bravo.

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