Has Hollywood’s ‘de-ageing’ gone too far? Martin Scorsese thinks so
Will Smith, Anthony Hopkins and Robert Downey Jr have all been digitally rejuvenated. Now Robert De Niro and Al Pacino are having their wrinkles zapped
With production overrunning on Martin Scorsese’s passion project The Irishman, the director admitted this month he had misgivings about the “youthification” technology he was employing to smooth out his actors.
The film focuses on Frank Sheeran, played by Robert De Niro, a union leader and mobster, and his involvement in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, a former leader of the Teamsters union, played by Al Pacino. As such, the first half finds the two actors playing young versions of their characters, with their wrinkles and jowls obliterated by CGI.