Speaking with ScreenRant, Ortega reveals that Thing is more than ‘just’ a thing. Thing is an actor slash magician named Victor Dorobantu, whom Tim Burton hired, as Ortega mentions that the director wants to replicate what they did in the 90s, which is hiring an actual actor instead of merely relying on the magic of CGI. Read her full story below:
“It was so funny, because the Thing language was just made up on the day,” the actress says, “Every day, we’d show up and go, ‘Ahhh…’ [hand motions] ‘That looks right. I feel like I kind of know what he’s saying.’ But Tim wanted it to be an actual actor like they did in the 90s films.”
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Ortega continues on to describe what it was like working interchangeably between Dorobantu in a full blue suit ready for CGI, while also having to hide his body behind walls and underneath beds to maintain the illusion.
The actress adds how much more CGI materials were needed when shooting Thing’s scenes with Wednesday. Apparently, it was always those scenes that took the longest to film.
What do you think of the Wednesday team’s strategy for Thing? I’d say it’s a pretty authentic method in bringing Thing into life onto the screen. Here’s to seeing more of Dorobantu’s prosthetic hand in its following seasons.
All episodes of Wednesday Season 1 are available to stream on Netflix.
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