Legendary actor Nicolas Cage has said he doesn’t want his likeness to be used after his death, and questions how artificial intelligence will affect artists.
Cage, speaking in an interview ahead of his latest project, described as a Spider-Man Noir show for Amazon Prime, said he was afraid to undergo a digital body scan for his role.
“When I die, what are you going to do to my body and face? I don’t want anything done to me!”
The actor said he had to end the interview a little early due to a prior commitment.
“After this I have to go get scanned for the show, and then a scan for the film after the show. Two scans in one day!” he said reluctantly.
Cage, 60, was asked what the purpose of the body scans was, at which point he began to express his frustration with the new digital aspects of his art form.
“They’re going to have to put me in a computer and change my eye color to match, I don’t know,” Cage tried to explain. “They’re going to steal my body and do whatever they want with it through a digital AI. … God I hope it’s not an AI,” Cage said. New Yorker.
“That’s what scares me. I’ve been very vocal about it.”
The living legend made it clear that he doesn’t know what will happen to his likeness after he’s gone, but he doesn’t want anything to be done to it.
“It makes me wonder where the artist’s truth ends up. Will it be replaced? Will it be changed? Where is the heartbeat? I mean, what are you going to do to my body and my face when I’m dead? I don’t want anything done to it!” he cried.
Cage also answered questions about his own aura and the “meme-ification” his performances have received over the years, from the iconic to the infamous.
“Well, I used to [the myths]I don’t think I have any control over it anymore. I’m 60 now. And yet some of the roles I’ve been drawn to have created or complicated this mythology. When I signed on as a film actor, there was no internet. There were no camera phones. I never expected that what’s called a meme would happen to me in such a far-reaching way. So now it’s out of my control.”
He has said he no longer likes playing violent roles (though killing monsters is OK), and he has no interest in “$100 million sci-fi” movies.
“I’m interested in the 50mm [cameras]”, right in your face… spirit,” he added.
Cage explained his meme-worthy role in a 2018 interview: GQIn an interview, Cage said that he was actually so drunk while filming Leaving Las Vegas that he lost his memory.
“There were some scenes where I wanted to be really drunk, because I wanted to be out of control, and I wanted them to film that, to get to the authenticity, the truthfulness of what I saw on the streets of Mexico. [while researching for the film]”
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