The debate over the ethics of artificially contriving performances from dead actors continues to rage, and a figure close to the situation has now weighed in.
When asked if he believed Hollywood would make this technology more prevalent, he responded, “I can’t really see why they would.
The resultant spelunking into the uncanny valley was as polarizing as it was unexpected.
Our modern digital Prometheus: when the technical wizards behind the CGI of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story learned that they could reanimate deceased actor Peter Cushing to reprise his role as gaunt-cheeked Empire command Grand Moff Tarkin, they never stopped stopped to think if they should.