Every year, the technology becomes more amazing and it opens up stories possibilities. The days of putting bad wigs on actors to try and make them look younger are over.

De-Aging and virtual actors is a technique that is increasing. And this award goes to the year’s best

The Kurt Russell EGO De-Aging Award

Previous Winners:  Robert DeNiro (The Irishman), Mark Hamill (The Mandalorian), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man: No Way Home), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things season 4), Samuel L. Jackson (Secret Invasion)

Some of the best de-aging of the year included Michael Keaton from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Ian Holm was brought back to life in Alien: Romulus. Pat Morita made an appearance in the middle section of Cobra Kai. It was a shocking moment. Connie Nielsen was de-aged in Gladiator 2.

But this year’s winner is in a film that was, at best, okay, but was well known for its gimmick.

Winners: Tom Hanks and Robin Wright (Here)

There was a lot of de-aging in this film, and at several different levels. We stick with these characters through years in this house from this one camera angle and Tom Hanks and Robin Wright are at the center of much of it. And they look great as their younger selves. The problems Here had was not their de-aging.