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 Hollywood is implementing AI Actors. Here’s What you Need to Know

Nov 15, 2025

By Aiden Fieweger

Hollywood recently enacted a plan to cut costs on movie production by implementing Artificial Intelligence versions of actors rather than hiring real actors. This was announced at 9:59 today to a livid Ad Hoc committee. After a heated Q&A session, the Hollywood representatives stated that this plan is supported by consumers as it will lead to a larger quantity of movies being produced. 

Many actors however argued that the increase in quantity will lead to a decrease in quality of the movies being produced. This is why many are saying that consumers should not support AI actors being used in films.

Actors also are arguing that this development is bad for the industry itself. When interviewed, actor Samuel L. Jackson stated, “It’s detrimental to the industry in regards to monetization and it sets us back.” Jackson went on to say that “it almost removes us from that position [to get jobs] because if everyone’s cutting costs these days, they don’t have to pay us a wage.”

Actor Will Smith also stands with Jackson, arguing that AI must be regulated. Smith states that “we will never be able to get rid of AI entirely, but right now it is doing more harm than good and must be regulated.

In an even more recent update, the representatives from Hollywood stated that these AI actors are not deepfakes of existing actors but instead completely new actors created by AI. It was also stated that when this policy goes into place, there will no longer be a need for real actors. This policy goes into place one year from today