Physics at the movies: the science behind the scenes
In this special issue on physics and the movies, film star Daniel Radcliffe talks to friend and physicist Jess Wade about what it’s like as an actor to work with visual effects. Find out how movie-makers rely on software and simulations from scientific research, explore what it’s like to be a Hollywood science consultant, and cringe at some of the classic science movie bloopers. There’s also an exclusive interview with Douglas Trumbull – legendary VFX pioneer who worked on 2001: A Space Odyssey – while Benedict Cumberbatch, who once starred as Stephen Hawking, explains the challenges of portraying scientists in film.
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