Emily Blunt brands AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood ‘terrifying’

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Emily Blunt has branded AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood “terrifying”.

Newly-launched AI talent studio Xicoia have created the digital performer, with Eline Van der Velden unveiling the project at the Zurich Film Festival and it already attracting interest from talent agents, and the Smashing Machine actress is horrified by the prospect.

Shown a report on Tilly, Emily told Variety: “Does it disappoint me? I don’t know how to quite answer it, other than to say how terrifying this is.

“No, are you serious? That’s an AI? Good Lord, we’re screwed. That is really, really scary, Come on, agencies, don’t do that. Please stop. Please stop taking away our human connection.”

The 42-year-old actress noted Tilly was designed to resemble a composite of familiar stars and was told she was designed as “the next Scarlett Johansson”.

She replied: “But we have Scarlett Johansson.” Emily isn’t the only Hollywood critic of the project.

Scream actress Melissa Barrera has branded the arrival of Tilly “gross”.

She posted an Instagram Story about the news and captioned it: “Hope all actors repped by the agent that does this, drop their a$$. How gross, read the room. (sic)” Matilda star Mara Wilson was equally horrified.

She posted: “And what about the hundreds of living young women whose faces were composited together to make her? You couldn’t hire any of them?”

Whoopi Goldberg blasted the idea on The View and insisted the AI model would have an “unfair advantage” - but noted the technology isn’t yet “seamless” enough for them to pass as human.