Oscars best picture frontrunner "The Brutalist" used AI to improve Adrien Brody's accent. Director Brady Corbet responded to the backlash.

"Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own," says Corbet, after details emerged on how AI technology was used in the editing of the actors' scenes spoken in Hungarian.

The Brutalist director and co-writer Brady Corbet has responded to the backlash against the Oscar contender starring Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones.

Felicity Jones, 41, is an actor and producer who made her professional debut aged 12 in the 1996 TV drama The Treasure Seekers. Since then, she’s played Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything — which earned her Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar nominations — as well US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex.

Adrien Brody has told RTÉ Entertainment that his lead role in the Oscar-tipped epic The Brutalist feels like fate.

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The AI issue for The Brutalist may be the most sensitive, though, because many in the industry consider AI such a threat. It also raises questions about the underdog narrative around The Brutalist: The film’s team has noted that it was made for less than $10 million — low for any Hollywood film, but especially a historical epic like The Brutalist.

Is the use of A.I. in "The Brutalist" worthy of debate or is it an example of the right way to use the controversial technology?

Adrien Brody and "The Brutalist" filmmakers are receiving backlash online for enhancing the actor's accent and the movie's architecture with AI.

The Brutalist has emerged as one of the frontrunners for The Oscars but a controversy regarding the use of AI has erupted.