The Making of Goro (Part 2)

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studioADI, one of the special effects studios that worked on the original Mortal Kombat movie released a second documentary video about the making of the four armed Shokan Prince, Goro:

By 1994 we'd had success with the lip syncing Bishop head in ALIEN 3 and the talking Meryl Streep in DEATH BECOMES HER. MORTAL KOMBAT presented a new challenge in speaking animatronic characters. Namely more action and more screen time. As if that wasn't enough, we decided to add dilating pupils into the mix. This was an unusually tough project, beginning with a 3 month build schedule. Years later we were thrilled to hear Richard Taylor say that he and Peter Jackson felt it was a "seminal achievement in animatronics". Here's a glimpse at Goro before we put his skin on!

The first video was published back in June:

Mortal Kombat: The Movie was featured in episode four of our own The History of Mortal Kombat Series:

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