Dubai: Oscar-nominated actress Emily Blunt has joined a growing chorus of Hollywood voices outraged by Tilly Norwood, an “AI actor” developed in the Netherlands and now reportedly in talks with talent agencies.
With her glossy Instagram feed and AI-generated comedy sketches, Norwood could easily be mistaken for a rising star.
Marketed as having “girl-next-door vibes,” she has even been digitally inserted into spoofs of BBC shows.
Her creator, Dutch comedian Eline Van der Velden, has called the project “a creative work” and likened it to drawing or writing a fictional character.
But Hollywood isn’t buying it. SAG-AFTRA, the powerful actors’ union, blasted Norwood as nothing more than a “computer-generated character trained on the work of countless professional performers,” stressing that it “has no life experience, no emotion, and no human artistry.”
The union also warned studios that using the AI figure could violate protections secured in the 2023 strikes, where AI was a key flashpoint.
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