Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, which is out now in the US, uses A.I. to recreate Bourdain’s voice in the feature.Despite filmmaker Morgan Neville confirming with Variety earlier this week that any wishes by his team to use deepfake technology were granted by Bourdain’s estate and family, Busia has refuted the claim. “I certainly was NOT the one who said Tony would have been cool with that”, she wrote in a quote tweet linking to Neville’s Variety interview.I certainly was NOT the one who said Tony would have been cool with that.
https://t.co/CypDvc1sBP— Ottavia (@OttaviaBourdain) July 16, 2021Neville said that the creative decision had been cleared by those closest to Bourdain.
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