David Cronenberg has argued that the controversy regarding Adrien Brody's Hungarian accent in The Brutalist was likely a politically motivated issue, driven by rival Oscar-nominated films. Speaking at the London Soundtrack festival, he pointed out that film-makers often manipulate actors' voices for authenticity, recalling his own experience with voice adjustments in M Butterfly. The controversy first surfaced when editor David Jancso mentioned AI enhancements to Brody's accent, which director Brady Corbet defended, claiming the aim was merely to maintain authenticity in the performances, not replace them.
There was a discussion about Adrien Brody [and] apparently they used artificial intelligence to improve his accent. I think it was a campaign against The Brutalist by some other Oscar nominees.
We mess with actors' voices all the time. In the case of John [Lone], when he was being this character, this singer, I raised the pitch of his voice [to sound more female] and when he's revealed as a man, I lowered to his natural voice.
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