Tom Hanks has praised the “amazing” use of artificial intelligence to de-age him “in real time” on the set of new movie Here, while accepting that the technology is causing huge concern in Hollywood.
Here, in US cinemas on November 1, stars Hanks and Robin Wright as a couple striving to keep their family together through births, marriages, divorces and deaths across multiple decades and even generations.
Hanks portrays his character from an idealistic teen, through various stages of youth and middle age, to a frail, elderly man.
But rather than just relying on make-up, filmmakers teamed up with AI studio Metaphysic on a tool called Metaphysic Live, to rejuvenate and “age up” the actors.
The technology worked so fast that Hanks was able to immediately watch his “deep-faked” performance after each scene.