Here’s How They Made Hemsworth and Blanchett’s Digital Stunt Doubles forThor: Ragnarok

If you thought we were still a few years aside from human actors believably being replace by digital replicas , we ’re actually already there . Check out this behind - the - scenes look at Framestore ’s work on Thor : Ragnarok ’s ocular effects to see how .

In many scenes , Cate Blanchett and Chris Hemsworth ’s digital stunt double were the one really onscreen , although it ’s not something to be disappointed about — those CG - generated doppelgangers would have been animated free-base on each thespian ’s onset performance .

If it helps , you could think of these ocular effect tricks more asdigital costumesthat are n’t a substitute for an actor ’s carrying out , but an sweetening alternatively . Except for the Hulk because , to the best of my cognition , there are no giant Hulks in the SAG marriage .