Comment by Suppafly
2 years ago
Most of those "rights of publicity" don't apply in the US though. If they did, half the actors in movies couldn't get work, because quite a few of them get work as the off-brand version of X in the first place.
2 years ago
Most of those "rights of publicity" don't apply in the US though. If they did, half the actors in movies couldn't get work, because quite a few of them get work as the off-brand version of X in the first place.
Off the top of my head I can't think of a single example of any actors that come across as an "off-brand" version of someone else. What are some of the examples you have in mind?
I don't think this has anything to do with this case, but there certainly are some "types" in Hollywood with doppelganger actors.
Isla Fischer / Amy Adams
Margot Robbie / Samara Weaving / Jamie Pressley
Justin Long / Ezra Miller
Not to mention all of the token/stereotype characters where it hardly matters who the actor is at all. Need to fill the funny fat lady trope? If Rebel Wilson wasn't available, maybe they can get Melissa McCarthy.
The voice from Her isn't even the first voice I'd think of for a female computer voice. That trope has been around for decades. I'm sure OpenAI just wanted SJ specifically because she's currently one of the most popular celebrities in the world.
Javier Bardem & Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Bryce Dallas Howard & Jessica Chastain
Selena Gomez & Lucy Hale
Amy Adams & Isla Fisher
Keira Knightley & Natalie Portman
Not to mention that anytime an actor ages out of the early adulthood age range, a lookalike begins to play the same roles.
If you can't think of any examples, it's probably because you haven't been able to tell them apart yourself.
> Keira Knightley & Natalie Portman
Wait, which one is the "off-brand" here?
> Bryce Dallas Howard & Jessica Chastain
I must confess I used to confuse these two!
Another one you didn't mention: until relatively recently, I thought actors Elias Koteas (Exotica) and Christopher Meloni (CSI: Special Victims Unit) were the same person!
Logan Marshall-Green - Tom Hardy Dennis Quaid - Harrison Ford JJ Feild - Tom Hiddleston Gerard Butler - Russell Crowe
Every imitation comic maybe?
You recognize them as an "off-brand version of X" right?
Then there's no actual confusion.
There isn't so much in this case either if you actually listen to the voices, which most people don't seem to have done.