Now I have some studies of Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin from Star Wars. Since there are a lot of sources for this, I followed them fairly closely. I didn't try to be creative. I did try to be more careful with my line quality.
Just like Marlon Brando, Peter Cushing also had a life cast made of his face. It was this life cast that was used to create the computer-generated Tarkin in the Star Wars story Rogue One (2016). Interestingly, the life cast was originally made for the comedy Top Secret (1984): Peter Cushing was part of an elaborate, surreal joke involving a magnifying glass and an oversized eyeball. The cast survived in a warehouse and was used to re-create the fearsome Tarkin many years after Peter Cushing had passed away.
Some of my all-time favourite Star Wars trivia: you only see Grand Moff Tarkin's feet once in Star Wars. That's because the boots provided for Mr. Cushing were a couple sizes too small. After enduring the boots for one day's shooting, Mr. Cushing stood firm that he would film the remainder of his scenes in his fuzzy bedroom slippers. Does that make Tarkin less fearsome, or more so?
Grand Moff Tarkin is the intellectual property of Disney.
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