The
deformed
face
and
body
of
Indian
actor
Vikram
in
filmmaker
Shankar's
Tamil
romantic
thriller
I
was
the
work
of
Richard
Taylor's
world
renowned
Weta
Workshop.
The
multliple
Oscar
winning
talent
says
it
was
a
"fantastic" experience
to
work
with
a
"genius"
like
Shankar
and
that
he'd
love
to
explore
opportunities
of
working
with
more
Indian
filmmakers.
Taylor
says
he's
yet
to
make
a
visit
to
India,
but
hopes
he'll
make
it
some
day.
"I
keep
getting
invited
to
a
business
and
film
convention
each
year
in
India,
but
I've
never
been
able
to
go.
It's
just
not
quite
timed
out
with
my
life.
Other
people
from
my
office
have
gone
to
India,
but
because
I'm
always
running
around
the
workshop
here,
I've
never
actually
got
to
travel
there.
So,
sadly,
I've
missed
out
on
it," he
said
during
a
tete-a-tete.
The
very
mention
of
Shankar
--
a
renowned
filmmaker
who
predominantly
makes
Tamil
movies
--
made
Taylor
excited.
"He's
fantastic,
and
quite
a
genius.
In
fact,
Shankar
very
kindly
offered
us
another
film,
which
we
very
badly
wanted
to
work
on.
But
we
had
just
accepted
an
American
film.
If
only
he
had
called
us
three
or
four
days
earlier,
we
would
have
been
working
on
another
Indian
film," he
said,
adding
that
"it
was
very
sad"
that
the
second
collaboration
couldn't
come
through.
It
was
two
years
ago
that
Shankar
had
visited
Weta
Workshop.
His
meeting
with
Taylor,
other
artists
and
technicians
left
him
mesmerized.
In
a
Facebook
post,
Shankar
had
shared
how
while
Taylor
is
a
"very
creative
and
wonderful
person",
he
was
especially
"surprised
to
see
him
working
along
with
others
in
the
workshop,
sculpting
a
horse
for
some
project".
True
to
that
description,
Taylor
was
totally
on
the
move
at
his
workshop
and
very
engrossed
in
his
work.
He
wasn't
suited
or
booted.
He
was
well
in
his
casuals
with
scruffy
hair
and
was
trying
to
multi-task
as
much
as
he
could.
But
letting
bygones
be
bygones
on
missing
another
Indian
project,
he
said:
"We
look
forward
to
the
next
time
we
get
to
work
for
someone
from
India."