Lisa Kudrow on Tom Hanks’ movie ‘Here’: ‘An endorsement for AI’

December 17, 2024

Lisa Kudrow is sharing her thoughts on the artificial intelligence that was used in Tom Hanks' new film, Here.

While guesting on a recent episode of Dax Shepard's podcast Armchair Expert, the actress criticized the Robert Zemeckis-directed movie, which used technology to de-age Hanks and his costar, Robin Wright. The specific technology used was the Metaphysic Live tool from AI company Metaphysic, which edited Hanks and Wright to look younger without any additional VFX work.

"They shot it and they could actually shoot the scene and then look at the playback of them as younger and it's ready for them to see," Kudrow said. "All I got from that was, this is an endorsement for AI and oh my God."

Kudrow went on to say that it's "not like it's going to ruin everything," but also questioned what could come next from using this sort of technology.

"What will there be left for, forget actors, but what about up-and-coming actors? They'll just be licensing and recycling," Kudrow said. "What work will there be for human beings?"

Finally, she expressed one last question about AI.

"And then what, so there'll be some kind of living stipend for people?" Kudrow asked. "How can it possibly be enough?"