❘ Published: 2023-01-21T15:04:58
❘ Has been updated: 2023-01-21T15:05:08
Actor Robert Pattinson has responded to a ‘weird’ deepfake of himself that went viral on TikTok, revealing that even those who knew him well were fooled by the video.
Deepfakes, a synthetic medium that allows portraits of people to be placed on existing images, have baffled TikTok users on various accounts.
Many deepfake accounts are on the app, such as the “Deep Tom Cruise” account, which has over 5 million followers on the app, allowing people to digitally alter themselves to become someone else quite convincingly. Appeared.
Batman actor Robert Pattinson has also been caught in the trend, with the TikTok account ‘unreal_robert’ creating numerous videos featuring deepfakes of the actor that went viral on various occasions.
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In an interview with ES Magazine, Pattinson shared his thoughts on the strangely accurate deepfake video, revealing that even those who knew him were tricked.
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“I think it’s horrible,” he said. “A lot of people know me and say, ‘Why do you do weird dance videos on TikTok?'”
He continued: He realized he had only two years left before he was indistinguishable from reality.
The unreal_robert account has over 1 million followers and the most viewed videos have over 33 million views.
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The comments section of these videos are filled with viewers who still can’t wrap their heads around the fact that it’s not actually Robert. It’s safe to say that some people were fooled when they first popped up on the For You page. .
