{"id":937182,"date":"2025-12-30T04:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=440409"},"modified":"2025-12-30T04:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:32:18","slug":"wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolverine\u2019s live-action mask had to contend with VFX and the fandom"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">Fans and filmmakers have been feuding over what Wolverine\u2019s costume should look like in live action since the first X-Men movie ditched his bumblebee-colored comics costume in favor of black leather, then lampshaded the change with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gMr2p39-gvE\">only-for-fans character snark<\/a>. (<em>X-Men \u201997<\/em> recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24151991\/x-men-97-movie-why-black-leather-costumes-bryan-singer-ian-mckellen\">referenced that moment and flipped the script<\/a>.) A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QXwJJqUc34M\">deleted scene in 2013\u2019s <em>The Wolverine<\/em><\/a> teased what Wolverine\u2019s classic comic suit might look like in live -action, but he didn\u2019t actually suit up until 2024\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/review\/24204724\/deadpool-and-wolverine-review-mcu-x-men\"><em>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em><\/a> \u2014 which <em>still<\/em> has the characters bantering about whether yellow-and-black leather is a good look for him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">But where the characters have room to joke about Wolverine\u2019s sartorial choices, W\u0113t\u0101 FX\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com\/wiki\/Daniel_Macarin\">VFX supervisor Daniel Macarin<\/a> had to figure out how to make it actually work on screen. In <em>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em>, Hugh Jackman finally dons the dreaded \u201cyellow spandex\u201d \u2014 including his mask, a dramatic cowl-with-metal-wings jobbie that adamantly wasn\u2019t designed for live-action movies. Macarin says step one of making that mask believable on film was convincing director Shawn Levy and the producers to let W\u0113t\u0101 tackle it at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cThe first challenge was selling the idea of letting us do it,\u201d Macarin told Polygon in an interview after the film\u2019s release. \u201cWhen they showed us some of the sequences and we saw the mask, we were like, <em>Oh, my God!<\/em> This fan was like, <em>Yes! This is it!<\/em> You\u2019re as excited as the audience members are \u2014 but then you&#8217;re looking at it like, <em>I need to be a part of this. I need to make this better. What can I do?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Jay Maidment \/ 20th Century Studios, Marvel Studios\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Macarin says producer\/co-writer Ryan Reynolds, who plays Deadpool, was all in for W\u0113t\u0101\u2019s involvement, but \u201chalf of the camp was like, <em>You know, no. Let&#8217;s do a test.<\/em>\u201d A long series of tests and discussions followed, involving \u201clittle cosmetic details [\u2026] that we wanted to enhance or make better, just to make sure that people fell in love with the mask and believed it as much as possible.\u201d The process took time, but \u201cslowly, we overtook all of the people who weren&#8217;t sure about it, and then everyone was in. And that was a really great moment.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">W\u0113t\u0101 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24217046\/ryan-reynolds-vfx-behind-the-scenes-deadpool-wolverine-corpse-fight\">been the VFX outlet behind Deadpool\u2019s masked facial expressions<\/a> since the first <em>Deadpool<\/em> in 2016, and on all three movies, the scenes with Deadpool and his costumed allies have used practical, on-set costume masks with digital tweaking. Macarin confirms that the production process hasn\u2019t changed as Deadpool has moved from 20th Century Fox to Disney, even though Disney-produced superhero movies are known for managing superhero costumes through heavy CG alterations \u2014 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2019\/8\/5\/20752064\/avengers-endgame-time-travel-suits-design\">making them entirely digital effects<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cRyan has been very particular in keeping the team that he loves, and the people who have dedicated so much time and energy into this series,\u201d Macarin says. \u201cMarvel trusted him and Shawn, the director, so much [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23789646\/deadpool-3-wolverine-yellow-costume-finally\">What was shown on the internet<\/a> very early on with Wolverine&#8217;s costume, I think that was addressing people&#8217;s concerns: <em>We&#8217;re not doing this digitally. We&#8217;re in these suits. We&#8217;re doing it. It&#8217;s our bodies. We bring life to these characters as much as we can, and you&#8217;re going to see it.<\/em> So we didn&#8217;t really have any talks about going digital.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-image-compare alignnone wp-block-vox-media-image-compare\">\n<div class=\"c-image-compare__images\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <\/div>\n<div class=\"c-image-compare__caption\"> A very subtle difference: Left, the original shot from the set. Right, W\u0113t\u0101\u2019s expression tweak on Deadpool\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">If anything, the opposite was true: The filmmakers were worried whether digitally enhancing Wolverine\u2019s mask might make it seem artificial, especially given the mask\u2019s black \u201cwings.\u201d \u201cIf we moved those wing tips the way we move the black leather on Deadpool&#8217;s mask, it&#8217;d quickly feel cartoony,\u201d Macarin says. \u201cAnd we don&#8217;t want people getting into those conversations of, <em>Was the mask digital? It looks animated. It doesn&#8217;t fit with Hugh\u2019s performance.<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">That problem was solved by applying different digital rules to the different materials that make up his masks. \u201c[The] metal moves very, very little, and most of the time, not at all,\u201d Macarin says. \u201cHis yellow fabric moves quite a bit. And that&#8217;s where you&#8217;ll see the wrinkles and expression come, more in the yellow areas. And then we can move the eyes underneath the metal a little bit. You can&#8217;t move it dramatically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Figuring out how to approach Wolverine\u2019s eyes, on the other hand,&nbsp;wasn\u2019t a logistics or physics problem, but about appeasing the fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cWe had to do this test of whether to go pure fan service and go with some classic comic book Wolverine eyes \u2014 they have a very large slant and curve on the top of the eye,\u201d Macarin says. \u201cSo being very nerdy, we bring every comic book reference out, we put it in there, we give him the comic book look. And we&#8217;re like, <em>Oh my God, as a still frame, that looks so cool!<\/em> [But] it does <em>not<\/em> look cool in motion. It gives it a comic look that isn&#8217;t the same visual style as the film.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cSo we started ramping it back, like, <em>OK, let&#8217;s have 100% comic, then 50% comic, and then we can reduce it and find that balance of what allows his eyes to still move with the emotion of Hugh&#8217;s performance. <\/em>But we didn\u2019t [want to make it look] as animated as a cartoon series.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Macarin says Reynolds periodically called the W\u0113t\u0101 team to ask for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/24217046\/ryan-reynolds-vfx-behind-the-scenes-deadpool-wolverine-corpse-fight\">tweaks and experiments on Deadpool\u2019s facial expressions<\/a> \u2014&nbsp;but Jackman didn\u2019t have the same kinds of requests, for practical reasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cHe&#8217;s more limited than Ryan is, because we can see his face,\u201d Macarin says. \u201cIt&#8217;s not like he can say, <em>Hey, I want to try a different line.<\/em> I&#8217;m not turning [his] face digi and doing a new facial performance. We kind of have to stick with what [he] did on the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Instead, all the tweaks \u2014&nbsp;and arguments \u2014&nbsp;came from inside Macarin\u2019s opinionated, Wolverine-loving team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">\u201cI grew up with the original X-Men cartoon, so I love that look,\u201d he says. \u201cWe have a lot of Wolverine statues and toys and things around on our desks. So there was an abundance of reference we went through, and a lot of arguments about how far to take it, [from] just the love of this character and everyone wanting it to be a certain way. So finding a balance to his comic style was enjoyable, but tricky. People know and love this character. They take it personally. And you have to watch for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><sub><em>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/em> is in theaters now.<\/sub><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/marvel\/440409\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans and filmmakers have been feuding over what Wolverine\u2019s costume should look like in live action since the first X-Men movie ditched his bumblebee-colored comics costume in favor of black leather, then lampshaded the change with some only-for-fans character snark. (X-Men \u201997 recently referenced that moment and flipped the script.) A deleted scene in 2013\u2019s The Wolverine teased what Wolverine\u2019s classic comic suit might look like in live -action, but he didn\u2019t actually suit up until 2024\u2019s Deadpool &amp; Wolverine \u2014 which still has the characters bantering about whether yellow-and-black leather is a good look for him. But where the characters have room to joke about Wolverine\u2019s sartorial choices, W\u0113t\u0101 FX\u2019s VFX supervisor Daniel Macarin had to figure out how to make it actually work&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wolverines-live-action-mask-had-to-contend-with-vfx-and-the-fandom\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":937183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-937182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-polygon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wolverine\u2019s live-action mask had to contend with VFX and the fandom | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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