{"id":113096,"date":"2022-05-05T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=113096"},"modified":"2022-05-05T01:04:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T06:04:05","slug":"collecting-the-precious-exclusive-interview-with-daniel-falconer-of-weta-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/05\/05\/113096-collecting-the-precious-exclusive-interview-with-daniel-falconer-of-weta-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting The Precious: Exclusive Interview with Daniel Falconer of Weta Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-2.png\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-113097 no-lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-2-255x143.png 255w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Daniel-2.png 1408w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Last month we had the awesome privilege of sitting down with Daniel Falconer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetanz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weta Workshop<\/a>. 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