Jean Smart and Margot Robbie aren’t so fond of advanced technology in Hollywood.
During promotion for the film “Babylon” — which documents the rise and fall of characters in 1920s Hollywood — the cast of the movie was asked what they believe will be the next big shift in Tinseltown.
In Entertainment Weekly’s “Around the Table” video series, almost all the actors who joined — including Robbie, Smart, Brad Pitt, Diego Calva, Jovan Adepo and Li Jun Li — agreed they were concerned about deepfakes.
Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to manipulate videos and replace the likeness of one person with another.
“Are they just going to take our faces, and we won’t even be going to work anymore?” Robbie, 32, said.
“So creepy,” Pitt, 59, chimed in.
Smart echoed the concern but pointed out that their likeness can be used even after they’re gone.
“Or after you’re dead, they’ll go, ‘Oh, let’s put Margot Robbie in that movie’ — a hundred years from now, having her doing God knows what. And your estate will have to sue them. It’ll be horrible, Margot,” the 71-year-old actress said.
The “Hacks” star continued saying that she’s troubled by seeing Marilyn Monroe in TV commercials and Fred Astaire in Coke commercials due to the technology in Hollywood — and said she will not be OK with her likeness being used after she’s dead.
“Unless my kids are getting rich off it. Of course. In that case, then it’s all right,” Smart quipped.
But there’s one thing that is absolutely off the table for Smart’s likeness.
“I don’t want to be in a year-3000 porn,” she added.
Meanwhile, some celebrities are already using deepfakes for projects.
Back in September, it was reported that an AI platform created a “digital twin” of Bruce Willis, who was diagnosed with aphasia — a brain disorder that affects his ability to communicate, which will allow him to appear on screen after his retirement from acting.
The “Die Hard” actor’s deepfake already made its debut in August 2021 when his face was “grafted” onto Konstantin Solovyov for a commercial for MegaFon, a Russian telecommunications company.
His estate has the final say on what’s created with his face.