Erika Toda Reveals VFX De-Aged Her for 'Hell Girl' High School Scenes
The disclosure confirms that the show's production relied on digital de-aging rather than casting a separate younger actor, a technique Toda herself was surprised by.
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Erika Toda appeared on Daiyan Tsuda's YouTube channel and disclosed that VFX was used frame-by-frame to adjust her face to match her teenage appearance for the Netflix series 'Hell Girl', where she plays Kazuko Hosoki from age 17 to her mid-60s. Toda initially expected a younger actor to play the high school era.
Erika Toda, 37, told co-star Daiyan Tsuda on his YouTube channel that the Netflix series 'Hell Girl' used VFX to recreate her teenage face for scenes set in high school. Toda said she initially thought a younger actor would play 17-year-old Kazuko Hosoki and laughed when she saw the sailor uniform at her costume fitting. Instead, the VFX team, led by Yoshinori Makino, adjusted her appearance frame by frame to match her actual face from her teens. Tsuda said he felt no discomfort watching the finished footage. Toda also discussed the special makeup used to portray Hosoki in her 60s. The series is available on Netflix.
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