Felicity Jones has spoken up about her role in the critically acclaimed Brady Corbet epic The Brutalist. The 41-year-old actress plays the wheelchair-bound Erzsebet Toth in the film, the wife of maverick Hungarian-Jewish architect Laszlo Toth (played by Adrian Brody).
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet addresses the backlash caused by the revelation that AI was used in parts of the film's creation.
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet clarified how AI tools were used on the film during postproduction after social media outrage about the practice spread widely over the weekend. In a statement provided to Gold Derby,
Basically, the point is, that breaks help us comprehend what we've seen, provide a reprieve, and give us an opportunity to stretch, use the bathroom and get a snack. People need time to process and breathe, and that's what intermissions give us -- The Brutalist is an excellent real example of how effective they can be.
Adrien Brody and "The Brutalist" filmmakers are receiving backlash online for enhancing the actor's accent and the movie's architecture with AI.
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The Childhood of a Leader was Corbet's first feature film as a filmmaker. He recently directed the historical epic The Brutalist, which won Best Director at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, and the Silver Lion at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. He also directed the musical drama Vox Lux.
"Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own," says Corbet, after details emerged on how AI technology was used in the editing of the actors' scenes spoken in Hungarian.
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An editor on the film, which stars Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones, confirmed AI had been used to make the actors' Hungarian dialogue sound more authentic.