The eponymous mythical entity in David Lowery’s Arthurian reinterpretation “The Green Knight” was as tactile on set as it appears on screen.
Imposing and oaken, this embodiment of the unknown (death and nature) is played by actor Ralph Ineson (“The Witch”) with masterful prosthetics from seasoned makeup effects artist Barrie Gower (“Game of Thrones”) and his team at Bgfx, the London-based company he co-founded with his wife Sarah Gower.Gower was unfamiliar with the tale of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” before Lowery approached him.
The director provided visual references that likened the character to the anthropomorphic trees known as Ents in ‘The Lord of the Rings” saga.
Other sources of inspiration were sculptures conceived out of reclaimed wood from shipwrecks.“He basically said this character needed to be almost regal but he wanted it to look like he was created from the natural world, as if he
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