aceHollywood AI-listers: is the technology ready to rival flesh-and-blood film stars?
‘Don’t fear the dead – and don’t fear me.” An exact facsimile of a young Val Kilmer, not quite dead and not quite alive, utters that baiting line in the trailer for the new western As Deep as the Grave. Director Coerte Voorhees knows exactly what he is doing – this is an AI-created version of the late actor, approved by his family but bringing with it a heap of controversy about whether such technology could make flesh-and-blood thespians redundant. Not just yet, judging by the extended glimpse of the film relea…
Generative video tools are becoming realistic enough that formulaic, broad-stroke blockbuster performances may be replaceable by AI, raising the prospect of synthetic performers supplanting actors.
The article says current AI performances are not subtle, and the best-known examples are promotional or experimental, so it does not show that AI can match flesh-and-blood stars in nuanced roles.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-10-20
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