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Kevin O’Leary has said that Josh Safdie’s latest film Marty SupremeTimothée Chalamet and starring Gwyneth Paltrow“Millions of dollars” could have been saved if they had used aye-Extras were generated instead of real actors.
traders and shark Tank The star plays rich and unscrupulous entrepreneur Milton Rockwell in the sports comedy-drama Chalamet as professional table tennis player Marty Mauser, who won We Men’s Singles Championships in 1958 and 1960.
during an appearance on hill‘S world of travel O’Leary made this argument in a podcast last week “AI Agent” Money could be saved by using 150 extras in the film so that “more films could be made”.
“There were over 150 extras in almost every scene. Now, those people have to stay awake for 18 hours, fully dressed in the background. [They’re] It is not necessary that they be in the film, but it is necessary for them to hang out there. And yet, it costs millions of dollars to do that,” O’Leary said.
“Why couldn’t you just put aye Agent at your place? Because he is not the lead actor. They are in the story only visually. [You could] Save millions of dollars, so more movies can be made. The same director, instead of $90 million or whatever he spent, could have spent $35 million and made two movies.”
O’Leary brought up again AI “actress” Tilly NorwoodA backlash was sparked after it was reported in September that several Hollywood talent agents were interested in signing him.
in the heights Stars Melissa Barrera, Kiersey Clemons and Toni Collette are among the Hollywood stars Among those who have called for the development on social media, some have even suggested a boycott of agencies working with AI talent.
Barrera described the news as “disgusting”, writing: “Hope all the artists repped by the agents doing this give up their $$.”
Incorrectly referring to Norwood as “Norvell Tilly”, O’Leary said: “You just put in 100 Norvell Tillies There and you are good. He is 100% AI. He doesn’t exist. But she is a great actress. She can come at any age whenever she wants. She doesn’t need to eat, so she works 24 hours a day. The Sangh is slipping from his mind.
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“I would argue that for the sake of art, you must allow [AI] in certain cases. The extra one is actually a good case, because you can’t tell the difference,” O’Leary said.
SAG-AFTRA issued a statement saying, “Creativity is and must remain human-centered,” adding that the body “opposes the replacement of human artists by synthetics”.
Marty Supreme represents a big swing For A24, the arthouse studio is behind everything everywhere at once, MoonlightAnd Excitement on hboThe film reportedly cost approximately $70 million, the most money A24 has ever spent on a project.
The film had its surprise world premiere at the New York Film Festival and received rave reviews from attendees, most of whom raved about Chalamet’s performance,
Marty Supreme It is scheduled to be released on December 25 in the US and on January 1, 2026 in the UK.