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Robert Downey Jr. Refuses to Let Hollywood Create His AI Digital Replica: ‘I Intend to Sue All Future Executives’ Who Recreate My Likeness


Robert Downey Jr. plans to sue any Hollywood executive who signs off on the creation of his digital replica.

I feel about it minimally because I have an actual emotional life that’s occurring that doesn’t have a lot of room for that,” Downey said when asked about being digitally recreated in the future. When host Kara Swisher said that “future executives certainly will” want to digitally recreate Downey on the big screen, the actor responded: “Well, you’re right. He’s actually not playing Tony Stark/Iron Man at all and is instead taking on the role of the villainous Doctor Doom starting in 2026’s “Avengers: Doomsday.”

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