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Who plays Sam Flynn?

Who plays Sam Flynn?

Garrett Hedlund
Hedlund at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Born Garrett John Hedlund September 3, 1984 Roseau, Minnesota, U.S.
Education Horizon High School
Occupation Actor model singer

Is Flynn CGI in TRON?

A new video uses deep fake technology to drastically improve de-aged Jeff Bridges in Tron: Legacy, making Clu much more convincing. Bridges played tech genius Kevin Flynn and his digital avatar Clu in the original Tron, released in 1982, and reprised both roles in the 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy.

Why is Flynn CGI in TRON?

Created to resemble Flynn’s younger self and to make Flynn’s virtual, The Grid, a more perfect world for both programs and users, Clu became corrupted by his quest for perfection and took over The Grid. Clu was played by the then-60-year-old Bridges, with CGI technology used to de-age him down to his mid-30s.

Is Kevin Flynn still alive TRON?

Reintegrating Clu, Kevin sacrificed himself in order to save his son and Quorra.

Why does Jeff Bridges look weird in Tron?

To make Clu, filmmakers made a silicon mold of Bridges’ face and painted it like real flesh. They took multiple photos, put them into a computer and gave him a “digital face lift” that took out wrinkles, tightened the skin and shrank down his nose and ears.

Is Tron based on a true story?

The inspiration for Tron occurred in 1976 when Steven Lisberger, then an animator of drawings with his own studio, looked at a sample reel from a computer firm called MAGI and saw Pong for the first time.

Why did Garrett and Emma break up?

When he’s sober, he’s a great guy and they’ve been handling co-parenting very well.” The source also notes that Emma gave Garrett “multiple ultimatums” before ending the relationship and that they’re both committed to putting their son, Rhodes, first: “They have a very amicable relationship with each other and are …

What does Clu stand for Tron?

Codified Likeness Utility
Clu, which stands for Codified Likeness Utility, was a hacker program written by Kevin Flynn and played by Jeff Bridges. Clu looked just like his user, Flynn, but talked in a very different voice than his human counterpart. He is one of the few characters in the TRON Universe to have yellow circuitry.

How much of Tron: Legacy is CGI?

Roughly 20 minutes of the film is pure CGI, and as director Lisberger told D23, “There’s no question that Tron is, first of all… a hybrid. It’s a live-action movie that then is dismantled, and goes through the entire cel process of hand-animation. And then it’s reconstructed, colored, and the effects are put in.

Is Clu in the original Tron?

In the original Tron film, Clu is unfortunately caught and assimilated into the Master Control Program (read: tortured to death). Flynn later created a new version of the program, Clu-2, to serve as a de facto leader of the Grid; though as its creator, Flynn has ultimate control at the outset of Tron: Evolution.

Why is Tron so famous?

Tron, along with The Last Starfighter, has the distinction of being one of cinema’s earliest films to use extensive computer-generated imagery (CGI).

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