"It takes a lot to be the most controversial figure in Hollywood, especially when Mel Gibson still exists. And yet somehow, in a career yet to even begin, Tilly Norwood has been inundated with scorn. This is for the simple fact that Tilly Norwood does not exist. Despite looking like an uncanny fusion of Gal Gadot, Ana de Armas and High School Musical-era Vanessa Hudgens, Norwood is the creation of an AI talent studio called Xicoia."
"The backlash against Norwood so far has come from actors, whose jobs she stands to replace. Scream's Melissa Barrera wrote: Hope all actors repped by the agent that does this, drop their a$$, on her Instagram stories, while Matilda's Mara Wilson wrote: And what about the hundreds of living young women whose faces were composited together to make her? You couldn't hire any of them?. The Fantastic Four's Ralph Ineson was slightly more direct, posting Fuck off on X."
"I may be AI generated, but I'm feeling very real emotions right now, Norwood wrote on her Facebook page on the day it was released. I am so excited for what's coming next! However, your reaction to the sketch may vary. While on a purely technical level, it's astonishing to see a number of people who almost look human move around on-screen,"
Tilly Norwood is a fully fabricated virtual actor produced by AI talent studio Xicoia and unveiled at the Zurich film festival. The creation is presented as a market-ready performer with studios and an agency reportedly interested. Prominent actors have denounced the project, citing job displacement and the ethical issue of compositing dozens of real faces to produce a synthetic likeness. Norwood's only published work is a single AI-generated sketch that prompted mixed reactions: technical admiration for lifelike motion alongside strong criticism for creepiness and lack of genuine humor. The project sparks urgent debate about AI's role in entertainment.
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