#LongLivePracticalEffects
Academy Award-winning effects company studioADI has one of the most must-follow accounts on YouTube, as the legendary effects artists frequently upload vintage videos from their vault that take you behind the scenes and into their workshop. The studio has worked on countless movies that we all love, so they’ve got a treasure trove of content from over the years to show off.
The most recent video uploaded by studioADI documents the creation of Bishop for Alien 3; the android character, played by Lance Henriksen, was so badly damaged at the start of the film that it was impossible for Henriksen to reprise the role. Instead, studioADI’s masters build an animatronic Bishop puppet for the scene where Ripley plugs him back in and extracts some info.
Via studioADI:
The ALIEN 3 script called for more damage to Bishop’s head and further loss of torso, ruling out the option of actor Lance Henriksen performing through a hole on set. Solution: build an animatronic puppet.
Check out the video below and be sure to follow studioADI on YouTube!