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Interestingly, although the title talks about "performing after they're dead," it opens with the example of Sean Young, who is still alive. That's the other asp
by 5555624 9y ago
Interestingly, although the title talks about "performing after they're dead," it opens with the example of Sean Young, who is still alive. That's the other aspect of this technology, continuing roles as actor's age. Arnold Shwarzenegger could continue to crank out Terminator films, looking no different than the first film. Harrison Ford could continue to play Indiana Jones. Why not let the studios use your likeness as you get too old to play the part or play all of the scenes>
I'd be worried about greedy estates, too; licensing the actor's likeness.
- taneq 9y agoIt's already started, Arnie's recent Terminator appearance(s?) was pure CGI.
- rangibaby 9y agoIn both cases “Arnie” was quickly blown off the endoskeleton revealing the robot underneath. “Peter Cushing” had a substantial role in a recent Star Wars film. I’m still not sure how I feel about it.
- taneq 9y agoThe technique behind deepfakes will rapidly improve the quality of CGI actor re-skins. One of the early (safe-for-work) demonstrations was a recreation of young Princess Leia's scenes in Rogue One, which was arguably higher quality than the film studio's best efforts despite being the work of a lone hobbyist. Completely fabricating an actor in CGI will still look weird, but using a stunt double / character actor and transferring a big-name actor's appearance onto them is rapidly becoming faster and cheaper.