Project Hail Mary took up a large portion of my life for well over of a year. There were a few characters that used puppeteers. It takes a village and the crew in the CFX department, creatively supervised by Neal Scanlan built some amazing performative in camera masterpieces and supported James, myself and the puppeteers on set like a Formula 1 pit crew. The months of agonising specific detail they added to each character is absolutely beautiful. Neal and the team made magic. Concept designers, Mould shop, Droid dep, Mech dep, Painters, 3D modellers, FABrication, The Office crew. The whole team jumped into the deep end.
The puppeteers that joined this production each brought their own expertise and made life on set a little bit easier. Shout out to the supporting puppeteers with the primary goal of not being in the shot. I’m grateful to each one of you. I see you.
Claire Roi Harvey @claireroiharvey
Scarlet Wilderink @scarletwilderink
Darcy Collins @darcyecollins
Fred Davis @freddavis1701
Arina Ii (ii) @arinalauraii
Brian Herring @brian_hezza
Mike Quinn @mikequinnstudios
Mike Taibi @miketaibi78
Tom Wilton @tomkwilton
Matt Lyons @mattplyons72
Mohsen Nouri @mohsen.nouri.26
Ross Green @rossgreenactor
Lynn Robertson Bruce @lynnrb3
Jack Parker @jackparkeractor
Zoe Halliday @zhalliday59@jortface@projecthailmary
13 years. 10 Star Wars projects. 25 characters and a catalogue of pictures to choose from BUT this one is special. The team at Creature Cantina. Everyone there is so talented and special. #maythe4th