A movie with a spot on 'movie costuming actor' that can not be seen from the audience

When we see the movie, there are many people who are interested in actors and scripts that appear, but there should be few people who pay attention to alien and monster 's inside costume. A movie that puts a spot on "creature performer" that enters into the costume of such an alien or a monster and performs acting is published on YouTube.

Credited As: Creature Performer


"I saw an old movie that a monster comes out at the age of 8 and thought," I want to do this! "," The movie "Alien 4"Alien role appearing in"Mr. Zookeeper's marriage activity gardenTom Woodruff Jr who is a creature / designer and performer who played the role of gorilla etc.


Creature and performer is an absurd actor appearing in a movie, but since her face and body line does not appear on screen as she wears herself in a special costume, if you do not do all the act with only body movement It will not. Acting as a performer in accordance with the action taken by another actor, actor acting by the reaction of creature furthermore acts as a cast as the actor whose face is out the same.


Creature and performers may be subjected to harsh roles, such as being caught and flames wrapped.


Tom said, "I am proud of finishing the character I entered into a suit to be the same as or more than an ordinary actor."


"Because it's work."


According to Tom, "When I was eight years old, neither friends nor adults around me knew about creature designers and performers."


Even if you want to make creatures that appear in movies, there is no way to study in a completely fumbling way, "How do you make gorilla's suit?" "How is the makeup of your face done? It seems that it was only possible to gather information that can be obtained according to intuition.


"But such painful days have become my source."


One day, Tom wrote a movie "Monkey's planetOf a prominent make-up artist who engaged in special make-up ofJohn ChambersHe said that he sent a letter to.


"John Chambers is a hero to me," said Tom. Mr. John replies to Tom and they will face each other.


Tom became acquainted with the acquaintance of movie officials who got through John, and they were able to see their workplace and finally learned the cutting edge makeup technology used at the movie site.


And Tom said,Universal Studios3D movie "DraculianIt will participate in.


At that scene Tom said "Terminator"Or"Jurassic ParkFamous as a special makeup artist ofStan WinstonMr. Stan designed the monster with Mr. Stan and "GilmanTom, who liked a half-fish-type monster, said he was deeply moved.


It seems that Tom was able to get the opportunity to wear a suit of "Gilman", he says with a look that was Uttari "that was all the beginning".


By the way, "Gilman" is a monster like this.


Tom is active not only as a creature designer but also as a creature performer, he has interacted with other film staff and has had various experiences gained.


Tom asking the director with his face out from the costume, "How much can you play in animals and how much human-like?"


"That is a good question. Generally, I want you to play about 6 animals in about 10"


Creature and performer is strictly concealed and can not be seen by anyone from the outside.


On the first day of shooting with entering the costume, it was very difficult even for us to walk normally in the state that we were inside the costume, and Tom said that he was a nervous.


"Without walking, I have to walk ... that, how did I walk in the first place?"


"But it became confident," said Tom.


While Tom is designing a creature as a creature designer, she seems to be constantly seeing the opportunity to enter into a costume as a performer.


"Of course, I would like to enter for a new and exciting costume."


Among various costumes, Tom seems to have a gesture of gorilla's costume, "Gorilla is a very close existence for me" and talks about affection for gorillas.


Tom went to the zoo around the world and watched every gorilla to play gorilla 's gesture.


In playing the gorilla, Mr. Tom seems to pursue a reality acting as if he / she is heart-to-heart, unlike a human being.


"Gorilla expresses emotion even with expression"


Tom installed several motors in his face to give a gorilla costume a look.


The four staff will move the gorilla's expression with the controller according to the gorilla's gesture that Tom plays.


By interlocking gorilla's gestures and facial expressions in real time, the feelings of the gorilla are transmitted in a variety of ways.


"The staff who moves the expression of the gorilla and I are, so to speak, one" band, "each one understands each other's role and plays a guitar bass drum."


"And we play music," said Tom who puts on a fever and speaks.


"I've been doing this job for 25 years, but it's a series of exciting things, even if my appearance is hidden from the audience, I can not get tired of the work of a creature performer!"


It was a movie transmitted by Tom's pride and enthusiasm as a creature performer.