Robert Downey Jr. plans to sue any Hollywood executive who signs off on the creation of his digital replica.

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    2 months ago

    He’s smart for saying he’ll sue the people that make the decision. Just suing a company is pointless.

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    2 months ago

    Didn’t he already have himself de-aged for at least one of the Marvel movies (Winter Soldier?)? Granted, I’m sure there’s a big difference in how these technologies are used, but it just seems like the de-aging thing was one of the first steps in creating digital replicas. I’m sure somebody somewhere already has the files to make a RDJ replica if they wanted to, but using somebody’s likeness without their consent is already a sue-able offense, so this doesn’t seem like anything new.

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      2 months ago

      He is talking about the studio using a digital recreation independently of his acting. Digitally de-aging his performance is more like makeup from an acting perspective no matter what the technical comparison is.