Overview
- Freeman told The Guardian that his legal team has identified many unapproved uses of his voice and is pursuing quite a few cases.
- The 88-year-old said unauthorized voice cloning is “robbing” him, adding, “don’t mimic me with falseness.”
- He criticized Tilly Norwood, a promoted “AI actor” created by Eline Van der Velde’s Particle6, arguing such creations take jobs from real performers.
- SAG-AFTRA condemned Tilly as a synthetic, reiterated that creativity should remain human-centered, and reminded signatory producers of notice-and-bargaining obligations.
- Post-2023 strike contract terms protect performers’ names, voices, likenesses, and performances, while some artists—such as James Earl Jones—have chosen to give consent for specific AI recreations.