Following up on last night’s writeup, and Brady Corbet using AI in post to smooth Adrien Brody’s Hungarian accent, Corbet has now decided to quickly tackle the controversy. He didn’t have much of a choice — Hollywood hates A.I.
Corbet, now in total damage control mode, tells Deadline that AI was used in post to correct Brody and co-star Felicity Jones’ “Hungarian language dialogue,” but that “their performances are completely their own.”
Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own. They worked for months with dialect coach Tanera Marshall to perfect their accents. Innovative Respeecher technology was used in Hungarian language dialogue editing only, specifically to refine certain vowels and letters for accuracy. No English language was changed. This was a manual process, done by our sound team and Respeecher in post-production. The aim was to preserve the authenticity of Adrien and Felicity’s performances in another language, not to replace or alter them and done with the utmost respect for the craft.
Corbet goes on to state that “The Brutalist” is a film about “human complexity,” and “every aspect of its creation was driven by human effort, creativity, and collaboration.”
For those unaware, “The Brutalist” editor Dávid Jancsó recently admitted in an interview that he used generative AI to adjust Brody’s Hungarian in the film. Why Jancsó would admit to such a thing is bewildering, especially in the middle of the Oscar race.
You know who’s really happy right now? Timothee Chalamet.