Editorial: A Solution on How To Continue Film Production Through An Actors Injury

Hello and I am John Jones aka T.C.C ,

I have recently read the article concerning Robert Downey Jr's minor injury during film. I hope he makes a fast recovery even the one he has been through now takes a while to heal. Possible months for a full recovery, does this happen everytime an actor is injured I wonder. But the one thing I have in mind that would solve everything at once if such a situation ever happens again....CGI.

In terms of CGI technology today it is far advanced beyond anything we have ever imagined. Look at films such as Avatar which proved a marvelous break through in such technology. Recently a while back in the film Tron Legacy we had a younger CGI Jeff Bridges which sure as anything looked like a younger version of him. I doubted it at once when I first saw the film but I took a look back at some of Jeff Bridges older films and I'm saying wow that was an amazing job they had done. Yes what I am saying is to have a CGI rendered Robert Downey Jr in place instead of stopping the full production in regards to the Iron Man 3 news. That's what they could have done. And at the end have him or the actor record the lines in. Most of the Iron Man armor is made of CGI plus if you see in the hub rendering inside the armor with his face that is nearly too. Have an actor in place identical to his height with a mocap suit. Look at films such as Rise of The Planet of The Apes. Mainly the big thing in most action packed blockbusters is the element of CGI. It's not to say this is a bad idea but it would be far better than seeing a film fall behind a further delay.It may cost extra money but most of that would be paid back from the box office sales plus merchandise. I have no idea why they have not thought of this but they need a solution like this and see more potential in such an amazing technology that has evolved today.

If you have any comments or suggestions post them in the comments I will try to read and respond to them. Thank you.