Video: Inside the VFX of ‘Free Guy’

January 26, 2022
Ryan Reynolds as Guy in 20th Century Studios’ FREE GUY. Courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2020 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Build a city, destroy a city, and put Ryan Reynold’s head on a body builder’s shoulders.

We chat to the VFX team behind Free Guy. Hear from visual effects supervisor Swen Gillberg, Scanline VFX visual effects supervisor Bryan Grill and Digital Domain visual effects supervisor Nikos Kalaitzidis, who discuss city building, city destruction and the Ryan Reynolds face replacements.


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