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Three of the main characters were the same actor, and yet there are shots with all of them in the same scene. When I saw this as a young adult I didn't even notice that Mike Myers was playing three roles and was genuinely dumbfounded years later when I found out.

How did they do those scenes so seamlessly?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 167 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Compositing has been a thing for, like, forever, going from cutting and gluing film together to, well, having lookalike instead of the real actor in certain shots...

I'm mostly weirded by how you found out only now. I guess go and have fun looking up "Captain Disillusion" youtube channel.

[โ€“] [email protected] 38 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

I love Captain D, the way he takes apart a scene in Blender is an art form in itself.

I guess the question I'm asking is, normally when editing comes into play you can sort of notice it through one way or another. There's an uncannyness to it that makes it jarring, whereas in Austin Powers I never once clocked on that I was watching the same person. Did they use really sophisticated techniques for this? Was the campiness and comedic tone of the film itself a good distraction from any editing goofs?

If it was a more sombre film, would I notice it more I wonder?

Edit: @Aurenkin mentions the ping-pong scene in the 2019 Moon film, which has a more mature tone and the editing there was definitely flawless.

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