8 Disturbing Times Actors Were Brought Back From The Dead By CGI
2. Roy Scheider (Iron Cross)
The most effective way to use CGI has always been in conjunction with traditional effects, and it was this magical combination that brought Roy Scheider back from the dead to finish what he started on Iron Cross.
Make-up artist Louis Lazzara created a prosthetic latex mask mimicking the actor's distinctive broken-nosed profile and a layer of CGI was the polyfilla inside the cracks.
Scheider had just one major scene left to shoot for the Nazi-themed revenge thriller, but the two-time Oscar nominated star was there in photorealistic spirit.
The family of the late actor gave their blessing to the digital resurrection and Iron Cross launched to mixed reviews, but it will be remembered as the Jaws star's swansong.