{"id":52019,"date":"2025-10-02T20:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/52019\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T20:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T20:58:11","slug":"tiktok-user-stella-hennen-says-she-looks-exactly-like-viral-a-i-actress-tilly-norwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/52019\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok user Stella Hennen says she looks exactly like viral A.I. actress Tilly Norwood."},"content":{"rendered":"

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When outlets began reporting that Tilly Norwood, an A.I.-generated actress, was \u201cin talks\u201d to sign with a talent agent, Hollywood was outraged<\/a>. Stella Hennen, however, was confused. \u201cMy friend sent me a video, and at first I thought she was pranking me,\u201d the 20-year-old from Nashville told Slate\u2014and not just because the concept of an \u201cA.I. actress\u201d is already baffling enough. It was because Tilly Norwood, supposedly a fictional character, looks exactly like Hennen, a real person.<\/p>\n

\u201cGUYS WHY IS THIS AI ACTRESS TILLY NORWOOD LOWKEY MY DOPPLEGANGER,\u201d Hennen captioned a recent TikTok video<\/a> that featured her posing side by side with the avatar. The video quickly went viral, with many commenters comparing it to the \u201cJoan Is Awful\u201d Black Mirror episode, which is based on a similar premise. Xicoia, a talent studio launched by A.I. production studio Particle 6, denies that Hennen\u2019s likeness was used \u201cin any way\u201d to create Tilly Norwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cTilly was developed entirely from scratch using original creative design,\u201d the company said in a statement to Slate. \u201cWe do not and will not use any person or performer\u2019s likeness without explicit consent and fair compensation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Hennen, an indie singer-songwriter with her own hopes of being in the spotlight, is freaked out. \u201cI was double-taking every single picture I saw because it literally felt like I was looking at things I forgot I did,\u201d she said. Shortly after she shared her story on TikTok, she spoke with Slate on the phone to chat about what this uncanny resemblance may mean for Hennen\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

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Everybody\u2019s like, \u201cYou should sue!\u201d I\u2019m just a girl. I\u2019m 20. I don\u2019t know anything when it comes to [A.I.] I did end up texting my management and my lawyers and seeing what they thought about it. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s gonna come about from it. At first I posted it kind of lighthearted, like, \u201cOh, ha, she looks like me.\u201d And then I think all the comments started freaking me out a bit. I was like, you know what? This is a little disturbing and scary because what are they gonna do with this A.I. character that resembles me a lot?<\/p>\n

Is there a part of you that\u2019s like, Wait, did I post a photo that they used?<\/p>\n

Right before you called, I read this comment that said, \u201cOne of your exes must have put your face into a database or something.\u201d And I was like, Is that how that works? So I definitely was freaking out, wondering if I signed anything, but I\u2019m 99.9 percent sure I didn\u2019t. It could be pure coincidence, or something like that could have happened, but it\u2019s a world I know absolutely nothing about, and I\u2019m scared of it.<\/p>\n

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Especially because this\u2014I don\u2019t even know what to call her\u2014this character, Tilly, has agents who want to work with it. There\u2019s a possibility we see this A.I. actress in film. How does that feel, knowing you two look so similar?<\/p>\n

To be honest, it\u2019s super disturbing and scary. Because I don\u2019t know what could come of it. I think it is definitely something that people are gonna have to start worrying about because it is not just a me problem anymore. It really will start affecting all artists and all creatives, and I feel like it undermines the true creative process. You know, I\u2019d rather be the one acting. Put me in a rom-com!<\/p>\n

Do you have any idea how you\u2019re going to approach this moving forward?\u00a0<\/p>\n

I think I\u2019m just gonna take it day by day. I\u2019m gonna listen to my lawyer and my managers, and I do want to spread the word about this. I don\u2019t think A.I. belongs in the creative industry. There\u2019s so many cons to it\u2014they totally outweigh any of the possible pros.<\/p>\n

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