The Brutalist director Brady Corbett Defending the use of AI for change Adrien Brody And Felicity Jones' Hungarian accent in his acclaimed film.

"Adrian and Felicity's performances are completely their own," Corbett, 36, said in a message statement diversity Monday, January 20. “They worked with the dialect coach for months Tano's Marshal to perfect their pronunciation. Innovative respecher technology was used in Hungarian-only dialogue editing, specifically refining certain vowels and letters for accuracy. No English language has been changed.”

The filmmaker added: "This was a manual process, carried out by our sound team and Respicher in post-production. The intention was to preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Felicity's performances in other languages, not replace or alter them, and was done with the utmost respect for the craft. .”

The Brutalist The star Brody, 51, plays Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who immigrated to America after World War II. Jones, 41, plays Toth's wife.

Later controversy arose Redshark Newswhich covers technology, published an interview With the editor of the film, David JansoJanuary 11. In that interview, Jancsó said that tools from Respeecher, a Ukrainian software company, were used to make Brody and Jones' Hungarian speech more authentic.

"We trained (them) and they did a great job but we wanted to perfect it so that even the locals wouldn't see a difference," the Hungarian editor told the outlet, explaining that he recorded his voice in the AI ​​program, as did the two leads.

"I have a speaking part in most of their Hungarian dialogue," Janso admitted. "We were very careful to retain their performance. It's basically replacing characters here and there."

Say Jancsó Redshark News That generative AI was incorporated into the film's finale, which featured architectural drawings from Brody's character. However, Corbett explained in his statement on Monday: “(Production Designer) Judy Baker And his team didn't use AI to create or render any buildings. All images are hand painted by artists.

At the Golden Globe Awards earlier this month, The Brutalist Won three major trophies: Best Motion Picture — Drama, Best Director for Corbett, and Best Playing a Male Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama for Brody. (The award comes 23 years after receiving an Academy Award the pianist at the age of 29.).

"I'm very grateful," Brody said our weekly and other reporters in the Beverly Hilton press room after her win. "I've had a very blessed career, but as you can see, it's still a challenge to find meaningful work like this."

"The fact that you can have a victory again in your life is incredibly healing and rewarding," Brody added, noting that the movie "talks about my family's struggles and the hardships they've faced."