AI Actress Tilly Norwood Faces โHollywood Backlash
Los โAngeles,โฃ CA – Theโ debut of Tilly Norwood, the first actress created entirely by โคartificial intelligence, is drawing sharp criticism from withinโฃ the entertainment industry. Norwood, โdeveloped by AI talent โstudio xicoia – a spin-off fromโ Eline โVan โขder โขVelden’s Particle6 -โ has ignited aโฃ debate about the future of โฃactingโฃ and the potential displacement of human performers.
Van der Velden announced at the Zurich Summit that a talent โagency representingโข Norwood would be revealed inโ the coming months.Though, the announcement was met wiht immediate and vocal opposition from established actors and screenwriters who voiced concerns over the implications of AI-generated talent.
“Hope all actors repped by the โagent that does this,โ drop their a$$. How gross, read the room,” scream actress Melissa Barrera posted on Instagram. Actor Nicholas Alexander โคChavez, known for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, โdismissed Norwood as “Not an โactress actually.Nice โขtry.” โข
the criticism extended to satirical commentary. โ Shang-Chi โค actor Simu Liu โironicallyโ stated โฃon Instagram, โฃ”Movies are great but you no whatโ would be better is if theโ characters inโ them weren’t played by actual humans but โขby AI replicas approximating human emotion.” Screenwriter brian Duffield took toโค X (formerly Twitter),noting,”Pretty telling that the industries firstโฃ venture intoโข this was โขto create a teenage girl they could โขcontrol.”
Concerns also โฃcenteredโค on the โขethicalโฃ implications of norwood’s creation. Matilda actress Mara Wilson questioned the process, asking onโ Instagram, “What about the hundreds โฃof livingโค young women whose faces wereโฃ composited together โto make her? You couldn’t hire any of them?” Actor Lukas Gage jokingly โcommented, โฃ”She was a nightmare to work with.”
Despite the โขcontroversy, Norwood has already amassed over 21,000 followers onโ her โpublic Instagramโฃ account. The situationโฃ highlights a growing tension โwithin โHollywood asโค advancements in AI technology challenge traditional roles andโฃ raise questions about the future of performance.
The dataโค is sourced from public statements made by Eline Van der Velden on Instagram, as well as comments โฃfrom โคvarious โactors and screenwriters on โtheir personal social media accounts, and details from a Variety report published in 2025.