The argument over digital replacements of background actors and extras is a major sticking point in the SAG-AFTRA strike
, which interviewed Alexandria Rubalcaba, a background actor on the series, about her experience. “Have your hands out. Have your hands in. Look this way. Look that way. Let us see your scared face. Let us see your surprised face,” Rubalcaba said of the instructions she was given, adding that she never explicitly granted Disney permission to use a digital replica of her. ““I fear that AI is eventually going to weed out background actors. They won’t have any use for us anymore.
; all said they acceded to the requests without asking questions because they were worried about being labeled “difficult” or otherwise retaliated against.t least studios have said they won’t use scans of background actors for anything but the projects they’ve been hired on. Another sticking point comes down to the matter of consent to use the scans
: The unions are pushing for the studios to have to ask for it every time they decide to use the scans, while the studios say that once—at the time of acquisition—should be enough.
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