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Topics: Celebrity, Artificial intelligence
Britt Jones
Topics: Celebrity, Artificial intelligence
Chris Pratt has given his thoughts on the possibility of AI actors taking over Hollywood.
When non-human actress Tilly Norwood cropped up on the scene in 2025, she took the internet by storm.
From celebrities to social media users around the world, everyone seemed to have something to say about Tilly, who is not a real-life person. She is totally computer-generated and made by artificial intelligence, but has made a name for herself and even built a hefty following on Instagram and likes for her AI scenes.
Talent agents apparently wanted to sign her, leading Eline Van der Velden, Emily Blunt, and Whoopi Goldberg to question her creation, with some even calling the AI actress 'terrifying'.
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One US state even agreed to ban AI actors in a landmark move to protect the industry.
But now, Pratt has weighed in, and it’s a little bit different.
While on the red carpet for the New York premiere of his latest project, Mercy, the Guardians of the Galaxy star was quite relaxed about the situation, telling Variety on Tuesday (20 January) that he doesn’t ‘feel like someone’s gonna replace me’ with AI and that the panic over Tilly is ‘all bulls***.’
He said: “I heard this Tilly Norwood thing, I think that’s all bulls**t. I’ve never seen her in a movie. I don’t know who this b***h is. It’s all fake until it’s something.”
He added that AI can be ‘an amazing tool in the right hands’, but it will ‘inevitably disrupt the industry’.
Despite that, the actor thinks that 'great filmmakers’ will continue to make ‘great films’, adding: “I don’t think you’re going to replace the human soul of a director or a writer or an actor or a singer or any of this stuff that requires human yearning and suffering and vision in art.”
In response to much of the backlash Tilly received last year, the creator issued a lengthy statement, claiming that she 'is not a replacement for a human being, but a creative work - a piece of art'.
She wrote: "Like many forms of art before her, she sparks conversation, and that in itself shows the power of creativity.
"I'm an actor myself - and nothing - certainly not an AI character - can take away the craft or joy of human performance. It takes time, skill and iteration to bring such a character to life. She represents experimentation, not substitution.
"Much of my work has been about holding up a mirror to society through satire, and this is no different."
She continued to say: "Each form of art has its place, and each can be valued for what it uniquely brings.
"I hope we can welcome AI as part of the wider artistic family; one more way to express ourselves, alongside theatre, film, painting, music, and countless others.
"When we celebrate all forms of creativity, we open doors to new voices, new stories, and new ways of connecting with each other.”