Beo-woof! Meet the body behind Ray Winstone's CGI makeover

Last month, we told you about Ray Winstone's computer-generated makeover in the upcoming CGI film Beowulf. The film uses the motion-capture technology previously seen in The Polar Express and gives the 50 year-old Winstone the body of a much younger man.

That physique, it turns out, is credited to actor Aaron Stephens. (It makes sense that he'd be credited, too, considering how much can be communicated in body language.) The idea of combining the head of one actor with the body of another has an odd Frankenstein-ish feel to it, but the combined performance is also intriguing. If Beowulf succeeds, imagine what one might do with the technology.

Here are a couple pictures of Stephens in his buff magnificence.

If you'd like to see Stephens perform with a little less CGI assistance, he also appears in Tin Man, The Sci-Fi Channel's upcoming re-interpretation of The Wizard of Oz, which stars Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming.