However, using CGI was actually not the original plan. Initially, a three-foot animatronic doll was utilized for baby Renesmee. However, the footage was so terrible that it had to be reshot.

Doll producer Wyck Godfrey said (via The Guardian ... While the animatronic Twilight baby was reportedly horrifying, the CGI ...

The animatronic doll that was deemed too 'grotesque ... film because Condon ended up using a real baby with CGI-enhanced features to depict Renesmee's otherworldly intelligence and maturity.

In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn—Part 1 (2011), their baby, Renesmee, was represented by some questionable CGI. On set, she was embodied by a very peculiar-looking animatronic doll (above).

Watching the above video, I now realize that unrealistic and strange are a far better alternative to the creepy puppet-doll they were originally going to use as baby Renesmee. Meet "Chuckesmee," a ...

Since audiences needed to see Renesmee's rapid growth from baby to kid on screen ... reports and pushing and pushing: "Where's the doll?" Rosengrant: There were probably about 20 people involved ...

One of the most noticeable things about Breaking Dawn — Part 2 is Renesmee Cullen’s early years. She’s very obviously a CGI baby and toddler. It’s unnerving because it gives off an uncanny ...

Many might remember that before baby Renesmee was digitally animated in the film, she was a sick creation of the Twilight crew, a downright horrifying animatronic doll. Per Jezebel, the movie's ...

We went all this time and failed to talk about one especially odd part about baby Renesmee. Remember when Jacob falls in love with it? It’s not enough that it was a creepy CGI thing, but one of ...

Please welcome your awards presenter, Renesmee. Photo-Illustration ... stood literal heads and shoulders among other influential dolls on screen this year. This massive killer-robot doll set ...