{"id":149912,"date":"2025-11-24T07:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149912\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T07:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:31:46","slug":"george-clooney-on-ais-threat-to-hollywood-and-the-moment-he-told-adam-sandler-im","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/149912\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney on AI\u2019s threat to Hollywood \u2014 and the moment he told Adam Sandler ‘I\u2019m"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Clooney<\/a> warns that artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing in ways that could destabilize Hollywood, blur the line between fact and fabrication, and challenge the very idea of stardom.In an online roundtable interview ahead of the global release of \u201cJay Kelly,\u201d<\/a> his new Netflix-backed film directed by Noah Baumbach, Clooney said the public should be alarmed by how easily AI can mimic real people \u2014 including him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of terrifying because they\u2019ve done videos that are me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s me saying things that I\u2019ve never said, but it\u2019s me. It doesn\u2019t look fake. It looks very real.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clooney said the technology has already outpaced some of the basic safeguards the industry hoped to rely on. \u201cThey can watch the watermarks now,\u201d he said, noting that even small digital identifiers can be wiped. \u201cSome of the only ways they\u2019re able to discern AI from reality is from the aspect ratio.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that what was once a hypothetical risk is now headed toward geopolitical consequences. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have Putin saying he\u2019s launched the first missile strike against the United States, and we\u2019re going to have to decide,\u201d Clooney said. \u201cIt\u2019s complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clooney said the industry is moving quickly to establish legal ownership over actors\u2019 likenesses \u2014 a direct response to the growing ability of tech companies and content farms to generate photorealistic replicas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re working on and trying to protect ourselves by owning your image,\u201d he said. He added with characteristic humor: \u201cI\u2019d really like to not be in a tampon commercial 20 years after I\u2019m dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he expects AI-generated characters to appear in mainstream films and advertising regardless of Hollywood\u2019s efforts. \u201cThey\u2019re going to create characters and we\u2019re going to see it,\u201d he said. He pointed to sports broadcasts already experimenting with AI-enhanced appearances. \u201cIt\u2019s perfect, and you go, oh my God.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The actor said the problem is not only ethical or economic \u2014 it touches the core of what makes films compelling. \u201cHow do you make a star?\u201d Clooney asked. \u201cYou look at somebody and go, that\u2019s a better actor, but that\u2019s the bigger star. You don\u2019t know why\u2026 AI\u2019s going to have that same exact problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

He predicted that high-budget action franchises, such as superhero films, will face the earliest and most significant disruptions, while smaller, character-centered stories \u2014 the kinds he gravitates toward \u2014 will still depend on human identity and presence.<\/p>\n

\u201cJay Kelly\u201d follows a fading movie star grappling with family fractures and shifting relevance. The film screened in competition at the Venice Film Festival and begins its theatrical release in select territories ahead of its Dec. 5 debut on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Clooney said he was startled by Baumbach\u2019s decision to include a montage of his actual film career in the finale.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought they were just gonna play it sort of abstract and they\u2019d play it on my face. I didn\u2019t think it was gonna be an actual montage of my actual film.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watching decades of images flash in front of a live audience unnerved him. \u201cI was just sitting there going, holy shit,\u201d he said. \u201cNone of it\u2019s good news. The first part is bad haircuts and mullets and bad acting. And then you just get grayer and older.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI looked at Adam,\u201d Clooney said of co-star Adam Sandler. \u201cI literally grabbed his hand. I was like, oh my god. I\u2019m old.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clooney said insecurity is a near-universal condition among performers. \u201cI would be very hard to find actors that are actually fully secure,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re that secure, you\u2019re probably not very good at your job.\u201d<\/p>\n

After directing many films, he said he is cautious about overindulging in repeated takes. \u201cI would hate for these directors to be in an editing room for hours watching 15, 30 takes of me trying to figure things out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked whether his real life resembles that of Jay Kelly, Clooney rejected the comparison. \u201cI didn\u2019t read it like, oh shit, this is me,\u201d he said. He noted the character is consumed by remorse. \u201cHe\u2019s a character that lives with regret, deep regret. And regret\u2019s a toxic thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Clooney said his own perspective is shaped by a long road toward stardom. \u201cI didn\u2019t get successful in my industry until I was in my mid-30s,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d failed an awful lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Repeated setbacks, he said, helped him understand that success is often beyond any actor\u2019s control. \u201cA lot of this has very little to do with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clooney said the demands of filmmaking create pressures on family life that many outside the industry underestimate. \u201cWe\u2019re sort of a band of gypsies that go away for three months to shoot something,\u201d he said. \u201cIt can make it harder to maybe stay in touch with family.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, he said, this is not unique to celebrities. \u201cThis is the same dilemma that every single working person has to balance. Very few of us get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said his 8-year-old twins \u201cstill like me,\u201d adding wryly, \u201cThey\u2019ll end up in therapy anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clooney, who has a long record of political involvement, said he recently participated in a Broadway play that created tensions with the current U.S. administration. \u201cIt got me in a lot of trouble,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said he sometimes wishes for a break from the constant intrusion of politics into daily life. \u201cIt permeates all of our society right now,\u201d he said. \u201cI just want to be entertained.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Clooney said he is willing to take public positions when he feels compelled. \u201cIf I\u2019ve been given an opportunity to pick a fight, I believe that it\u2019s a good thing to do,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen they stop being successful, I go away.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he grew up admiring artists who treated cinema as a record of the social moment. \u201cPeople that I greatly admired\u2026 looked at films and storytelling as a reflection back onto us of who we are at a moment in time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recent years have seen Clooney focus heavily on directing, except for a handful of high-profile roles. He said \u201cJay Kelly\u201d reignited his interest in performing. \u201cThe spark came back,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a certain vulnerability that\u2019s interesting to explore, especially as you get older.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clooney said staying active keeps him rooted. \u201cMy dad is 92 and still writes for the newspaper,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s important to stay connected as you get older.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the months following Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 attack, Clooney maintained a lower public profile. He defended his wife, Amal Clooney \u2014 a human rights lawyer \u2014 after she was criticized for her involvement in recommending that the International Criminal Court pursue arrest warrants for Israeli officials. According to public reporting at the time, Clooney contacted the White House to object to comments made by President Joe Biden about the court\u2019s intentions.<\/p>\n

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Clooney did not join Hollywood figures who signed petitions calling for cultural boycotts of Israel, and he agreed to speak with the Israeli outlet conducting this interview.<\/p>\n

Clooney missed the \u201cJay Kelly\u201d press conference at the Venice Film Festival due to illness, according to Netflix representatives, and he also canceled several other scheduled appearances. He did attend the premiere alongside Amal Clooney, where he and Sandler received a lengthy ovation.<\/p>\n

\u201cJay Kelly\u201d participated in the festival\u2019s main competition and is rolling out worldwide. The film is set to open in Israeli theaters next week before arriving on Netflix on Dec. 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"George Clooney warns that artificial intelligence is rapidly advancing in ways that could destabilize Hollywood, blur the line…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,85,46,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-149912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}