AI Actors: The Saga of Tilly Norwood

[TheProle]

AI Actress Tilly Norwood Condemned by SAG-AFTRA: Tilly ‘Is Not an Actor… It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion’

SAG-AFTRA has issued a statement condemning Tilly Norwood, the AI “actress” who has become a contentious subject in Hollywood after her creator, Eline Van der Velden, recently claimed that multiple talent agents were interested in signing the AI creation. The acting guild believes “creativity is, and should remain, human-centered” and “is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics.”

The guild added, “Signatory producers should be aware that they may not use synthetic performers without complying with our contractual obligations, which require notice and bargaining whenever a synthetic performer is going to be used.”

Amid growing industry backlash against Tilly Norwood, who was created by the AI production studio Particle6, creator Eline Van der Velden issued a defense by saying Tilly “is not a replacement for a human being, but a creative work – a piece of art.”

“I see AI not as a replacement for people, but as a new tool, a new paintbrush,” Van der Velden added. “Just as animation, puppetry, or CGI opened fresh possibilities without taking away from live acting, AI offers another way to imagine and build stories. I’m an actor myself, and nothing – certainly not an AI character – can take away the craft or joy of human performance.”

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/sag-aftra-tilly-norwood-ai-actress-1236534779/

[IcyPeas]

1. Ugghh. How long before we have an entirely AI generated tv show?

[highplainsdem]

3. It's all about control and money, and it's infinitely harmful to the arts.

[highplainsdem]

2. What that AI "creator" said is bullshit. AI "actors" exist only because of the disgusting theft of images and

video to train AI models.

All ethical creatives - all ethical people, period - should condemn this.

[TheProle]

4. Deadline: "First An AI Actor, Now The AI Director..."

First An AI Actor, Now The AI Director: Italian Producer Andrea Iervolino Unveils Feature Helmed By Virtual Auteur

In the week in which an AI actor has got the industry talking, Italian producer Andrea Iervolino has unveiled what he claims is the first film helmed by a virtual director.

The producer, whose credits include Ferrari and To The Bone, announced The Sweet Idleness, which is overseen by FellinAI, an artificial intelligence director conceived to “celebrate the poetic and dreamlike language of great European cinema.”

FellinAI is housed at Andrea Iervolino Company AI, an artificial intelligence arm of The Andrea Iervolino Company, with Iervolino acting as its “human-in-the-loop,” a supervisor and producer who guides and monitors the technology.

https://deadline.com/2025/10/andrea-iervolino-the-sweet-idleness-ai-director-1236567297/

[MineralMan]

5. There Will Be Porn of It.

I guarantee.