Macbeth Film’s Grisly Scenes Created by British Company’s Toil and Trouble
Artem mixes manual and digital craftsmanship.
A replica of David Thewlis's head.
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Neither the intestines escaping from a slashed belly nor the photo-realistic corpse modeled on actor David Thewlis were the most challenging special effects in this year’s film adaptation of Macbeth, which opened in the U.K. on Oct. 2. It was the mist.
“The director [Justin Kurzel] wanted it to be cold and miserable and misty and Scottish,” explains Mike Kelt, the chief executive of effects company Artem and special effects supervisor on the film, which stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.