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Inside Hollywood’s Prop Workshop — Crafting Swords, Space Suits, Robots & Movie Magic
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Walter KlassenFX - The RIFF-S2 ep5 - Ever wonder how your favorite movies fake it — and make it look real? In this episode of The Riff, we sit down with Taku Desai, Chief Creative Officer of Walter Klassen FX — a Toronto-based special effects studio that's been behind the magic of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, The Boys, The Handmaid's Tale, Captain America, Star Trek, Shazam, The Shape of Water, Reacher, and many more.
We go inside the world of practical effects — how they build mechanical machine guns that don't fire, swords in five different materials for five different stunts, space helmets with hidden fans and magnetic battery covers, and animatronic animals so anatomically accurate you can't tell them from the real thing.
Plus: Why are filmmakers ditching CGI and going back to practical effects? Is AI about to change everything again? And what does it take to build a career doing something this cool?
We also talk Jack White's no-phones concert experience and why it felt like going back in time, Jeremy's jazz album In Motion hitting #1 on American radio, and we taste some incredible Nashville Hot Chicken from Chen Chen's at The Well in Toronto.
🎬 If you love film, behind-the-scenes magic, or the craft of making things with your hands — this one's for you.
📍 Walter Klassen FX: walterklassenfx (Instagram) | walterklassen.com
🎵 Jeremy Green – In Motion — out now - www.jeremygreenguitar.com
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