Creating VFX Waves for Tom Hanks' Battle at Sea in 'Greyhound' Jazz Tangcay, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail An unrelenting cold Atlantic Ocean, huge waves and overcast weather were the elements for the Tom Hanks drama “Greyhound.” While much of the film was built on soundstages in Louisiana and on the decommissioned USS Kidd, visual effects came into play for the film’s main battle sequence. Hanks plays Commander Krause, the officer who has to defend his ship and its convoy of vessels as it comes under attack from U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. “This shot perfectly encompasses everything we were trying to achieve in the recreation of the North Atlantic for “Greyhound,” say DNEG visual-effects supervisors Nathan McGuinness and Pete Bebb. “The first challenge was to determine the look of the ocean — this is essentially another character in the narrative that had to be developed. The ocean is determined by weather so capturing the correct weather was imperative.”