![]() I’ll be keeping my own eyes peeled for Judge Doom’s unbroken stare next time I sit down to watch this instant classic - which is kind of a funny thing to call Who Framed Roger Rabbit when you consider the early receptions for the film. I just like to find little things that make him even more evil, and that was that. ![]() It wasn’t really difficult, I’d just keep my eyes open as long as I could, try to time it out with the next take and all that. It makes him even more ominous, more scary, if he’s just looking like that. They’re not human, so I just felt Judge Doom should never blink. I just felt a toon doesn’t have to blink their eyes to remoisten their eyeballs. He eventually used his ill-gotten gains to bribe city officials and become a jurist. Doom's first act of villainy was to murder Teddy Valiant during a bank heist, sending Eddie spiraling downward into depression. In 2020, the Back to the Future cast member revealed in the following quote from a Twitter video during a Disney+ Q&A why he decided to abstain from blinking when portraying the odd and sinister character: Originally a toon actor called Baron Von Rotten, he played cartoon heavies until an on-set accident left him Lost in Character. However, perhaps the real MVP of the (mostly) live action Who Framed Roger Rabbit cast is Christopher Lloyd, who went unnecessarily (but admirably) far with his performance as Judge Doom - who not only turns out to be the one who framed Roger Rabbit, but is really the Toon who killed Eddie’s brother in disguise. (Image credit: Disney) Christopher Lloyd Avoided Blinking While Filming Who Framed Roger Rabbit were able to retain the same look and feel of old school cartoons and still feel authentic in a three-dimensional world. So drawn animation, by its own nature, you have to invent.īy making these two-dimensional creatures "2.5-dimensional," as Richard Williams called it, Roger Rabbit and co. By doing it 2.5 dimensional, it looks like the old stuff, and the old stuff is inventive. It’s the invention, especially when you’re looking at those old cartoons, they’re doing crazy stuff. However, a year earlier, he was able to dish on his ideas of how to make the Toons appear especially life-like with what he described to The Wrap as "old stuff inserted into new stuff." He elaborates on this in the following quote: (Image credit: Disney) Animator Richard Williams Aimed To Make The Toons "2.5-Dimensional"Įarning a special Academy Award for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit was the film’s Canadian animation director, Richard Williams, who unfortunately passed away in 2019 at the age of 86. 30 OFF Let your favorite old-school shows and movies come alive this Halloween with these unique 80s costumes, 80s clothes, and costume hoodies from 80sTees - page 1.
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