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I hate it. They did it almost as ethically as possible (receiving the actual actor's permission would be better), but still, it opens the door. Can we just let the dead rest, and hire the living?
Mixed thoughts here. I guess I’d also hate if they would have changed the French voice actor for Viktor (Lionel Tua) in the main release afterwards to match with the new voice added later, since, for me (and I guess for a bunch of other people since the actor is quite known for his voice acting), his voice has really something special, such as the French V female voice for instance.
For sure tho, if they wouldn’t have the authorization from the family, I’d be completely against this. And I guess they couldn’t have the actor authorization anyhow (like, hey bud’, just in case you die in the next months, could we redo your voice with AI?)
Such agreement will probably just be included in future contracts.
I actually know of a clause in a recent contract for a small, one-episode/one-line role in a new TV show, that said it gave permission to use something (I was told) that said "synthesized performances".
Like I said the role was small, not a big-name actor/who might die soon. It was just a character who worked in a place who would've been seen regularly in the background. So the agent said it was their guess that the production would film the character live first, then recreate the person with A.I. after that.
The agent struck out the clause, and the production accepted it.
So could that mean they'll do the right thing and pay the actor to come back every time they need filler? Or just won't fill-in future scenes with that character/actor, to save paying them?
And did they intend that just for this character this time, or all the other small & background characters in that scene & beyond? Or are they just testing the waters, putting it in all contracts for any size role from now-on, just in-case?
I guess we'll see how many agents are reading every clause buried within the sea of standard stuff.