You meet the most unlikely people inside a computer — like distinguished British actor David Warner, alumnus of England's famed Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and 20-year veteran of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company. Playing the dual role of sinister corporate executive Ed Dillinger and his evil computer-generated counterpart Sark in Walt Disney Productions' TRON, Warner brings his unique three-dimensional touch to what might otherwise be just another stereotypical villain. Although it's his seventh fantasy film, it seems more than a little incongruous for Warner to be making his latest genre venture in a Walt Disney movie.
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"It was the same with the TRON script. I read certain things I didn't quite understand, because they couldn't visualize in words what it was going to look like. For me the idea was to go in there and have a new experience as a performer. It's always exciting to be involved in something unique.
"Since the script didn't describe the concepts in words, they sent along some composite photographs of what the visuals would look like, based on their two years of experimentation. I also saw some test reels they'd put together, and it all looked fascinating."
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