Actors have had their bodies digitized for indefinite use, with little to no warning or input.
The trend calls to mind a Jet Li anecdote that seemingly anticipated the industry's current quandary. The martial arts superstar revealed in athat he turned down a role in "The Matrix Reloaded" nearly twenty years ago because "they wanted to record and copy all my moves into a digital library," he said. "By the end of the recording, the right to these moves would go to them.
According to SAG negotiators, the studios have insisted that they can pay background actors for only one day of work — roughly $180 — and scan their"I fear that AI is eventually going to weed out background actors," Rubalcaba said. "They won't have any use for us anymore." "I don't often hear people speaking up for background [actors], or if they're being abused, if they're not being treated properly, of if they should be paid more," Dom Lubsey, an LA-based actor, told. "You just don't hear that." Lubsey said he first recalls having his likeness scanned for a movie in 2019.
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