Toby Froud , who was a toddler when he played babe Toby in Jim Henson’sLabyrinth , is now 34 years honest-to-god and the design executive program for Netflix’sThe Dark Crystal : Age of Resistance . Entertainment Weeklyreportsthat Netflixsharedthe news on Twitter . " Fun Fact — Dark Crystal : The Age of Resistancedesign supervisor Toby Froud is no stranger to the antic worldly concern of Jim Henson , " Netflix twirp . " He was also the baby in the truly iconic 1986 movieLabyrinth ! "
Really , it should n’t be that much of a surprisal when you take Froud ’s lineage . Toby ’s parents , Brian and Wendy Froud , mold as a conceptual graphic designer and a marionette builder , respectively , on the originalDark CrystalandLabyrinth . In fact , Brian design the bulgy costume worn by the Goblin King ( David Bowie ) . allot toAge of Resistanceexecutive manufacturer Lisa Henson , Brian fit Wendy ( who alsosculpted Yoda ) while she worked as a doll sculptor onThe Dark Crystal , and the balance is account .
Toby follow in his parents ' footsteps . He work as a statue maker on stop - movement living studio Laika’sKubo and the Two StringsandMissing Link , and send a short tool film entitledLessons Learned . IMDblists him as a puppet sculpturer for Guillermo Del Toro ’s upcomingPinocchiofilm .
When Lisa Henson was hiring the team for the newDark Crystalseries , she touch Toby and ask in him to L.A. , where he create the sculptedmaquettes(a preliminary model or survey ) of the lead characters . “ As weeks went by , we realized he was providing an priceless role helping to translate his parent ’ designs into the concrete flesh of the puppets and the costumes , ” Henson toldEntertainment Weekly . “ Toby was really in accusation of translating all of the design into the literal physique and the look of the marionette . ”
For Toby , opting to work with puppets was in all probability a no - brainer . “ It ’s interesting growing up with the idea of being the child in theLabyrinthand becoming the Goblin King as it were , ” FroudtoldHuffPost . “ It ’s sort of passing the mantle . But I produce up in this human beings of fantasy and this world of hob , and I sort of formed my liveliness around the art of create creature and puppets and characters with my parents . Certainly it ’s led me to interning and work in film and television . ”
( Just do n’t say “ slap that sister ” to Toby . )
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