For the digital version of Richard Parker, Mr. Westenhofer’s team studied reference footage of an actual tiger, top. And real tigers were used for a few important shots, including one with Richard Parker swimming in the ocean. Four tigers along with a trainer, Thierry le Portier, were brought in, and the crew set up a movable “boat” inside a tiger enclosure to shoot some scenes.“We used them for single shots, where it was just the tiger in the frame, and they’re doing something that didn’t have to be all that specific in the action that we were after,” Mr. Westenhofer said.Aπόσπασμα από συνέντευξη του παραγωγού από Νew York Times November 16, 2012A crucial aspect of the reference footage, which also came from the tigers when on-set, and from various documentaries, was the fine detail for specific actions. “We got some incredible shots of rolling paws, yawns, eye twitches, lower-jar stuff – all the close-in detail,” says de Boer. “On the tiger, the paws were incredibly expressive. The way the nails protracted and darker fur would come out with those nails – the pink of the nail. Now when we collide with the ground we can see the shape change, the anger and aggression.Aπόσπασμα από το fxguide.comFour tigers were used to capture the essence of the ferocious Richard Parker, but for most of the scenes on the boat the tiger was computer-generated.Συνέντευξη του σκηνοθέτη στη TelegraphYπάρχουν δεκάδες ακόμη αναφορές για τα γυρίσματα με τίγρεις οι οποίες είναι εύκολο να βρεθούν με μια αναζήτηση στο google. Ανάμεσα τους αρκετές κάνουν λόγο και για τη περιβόητη σκηνή την οποία καταγγέλει το hollywwod Reporter.