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Adrien Brody on ‘The Brutalist’ AI Controversy: ‘No Technology’ Was Used to Take ‘Work from People’

Adrien Brody weighs in on The Brutalist's controversial use of AI to correct Hungarian pronunciations.

After editor Dávid Jancsó explained in an interview how he mixed in his own voice with the dialogue spoken by Brody and co-star Felicity Jones to correct the stars’ Hungarian pronunciations, filmmaker Brady Corbet issued a statement to Deadline clarifying the extent of the AI use. … The aim was to preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or alter them and done with the utmost respect for the craft.” (Read Corbet’s full statement here.) Brody said during a recent appearance on the “Little Gold Men” podcast at Vanity Fair that, while he understands that any “mention of AI is a bit triggering,” the debate was taken out of context.

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