Oscars best picture frontrunner "The Brutalist" used AI to improve Adrien Brody's accent. Director Brady Corbet responded to the backlash.
Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones’s Hungarian dialogue in The Brutalist was enhanced using AI tools, according to the film’s editor Dávid Jancsó. “I am a native Hungarian speaker and I know that it is one of the most difficult languages to learn to pronounce,
"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.
"The Brutalist" is expected to be a front-runner in the Oscar race, which kicks off Thursday when the nominees are announced.
The Brutalist director and co-writer Brady Corbet has responded to the backlash against the Oscar contender starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones.
The Brutalist won three Golden Globe Awards and is one of the top contenders for the Best Pictures prize at Oscars 2025.
The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet addresses the backlash caused by the revelation that AI was used in parts of the film's creation.
Movies like The Brutalist and Emilia Perez feature AI voice cloning performances that should disqualify them from the Oscars.
Felicity Jones, 41, is an actor and producer who made her professional debut aged 12 in the 1996 TV drama The Treasure Seekers. Since then, she’s played Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything — which earned her Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar nominations — as well US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex.
Adrien Brody has told RTÉ Entertainment that his lead role in the Oscar-tipped epic The Brutalist feels like fate.
Respeecher's AI technology enhances dialogue and singing in The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez, showcasing Ukrainian advancements in the filmmaking process.