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Timothée Chalamet fans furious he lost Oscar to Adrien Brody amid AI scandal

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Oscars viewers and fans of Timothée Chalamet have reacted angrily to the star losing out on the Best Actor award to Adrien Brody, whose performance was embroiled in an AI controversy.

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Chalamet played Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown, for which he prepared extensively for several years. As well as learning to play and sing like the music legend, he gained weight and perfected the voice of Dylan for the critically acclaimed performance.

Adrien Brody has been a front-runner in the category for his performance in The Brutalist, playing a Hungarian architect who struggles after emigrating to Post-War America.

The film was embroiled in some controversy in January, however, when it was revealed that the film’s editor Dávid Jancsó used AI software Respeecher to correct a sequence where a letter written by Adrien Brody’s character, László Tóth, is read aloud.

Soon after, director Brady Corbet clarified the details. “Adrien and Felicity’s performances are completely their own”, he said, adding that “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”.

Nevertheless, the performance was seen as tainted by some, particularly those who were a fan of Chalamet’s work. “Timothee chalamet lose the #Oscars After taking singing lessons for five years, after gaining weight, he did everything he could to deliver the best character possible, only to lose to Adrien Brody, who used AI” said one user on X (formerly Twitter).

Another complained: “timothée chalamet spent 5 years studying bob dylan, singing live, and playing instruments, but adrien brody used ai for his performance won the oscar?”

Some users expressed sympathy for Brody’s fellow nominees as a whole. “adrien brody winning an award where they used ai to enhance his accent over timothee chalamet, sebastian stan, ralph fiennes, and colman domingo just shows how little the academy actually cares about true acting skill” wrote one.

Another said: “timothee chalamet and sebastian stan both committed to the voice and accents so hard they were unrecognizable in their performances and you’re gonna give the award to someone who used AI to enhance his accent in his performance?”

One viewer questioned whether Brody should have been nominated at all, saying: “Adrien Brody should’ve been disqualified the minute it was revealed they used AI to enhance his accent”. Another expressed support for Chalamet, tweeting: “the oscar will be yours one day”.

The Oscars saw Anora walk away with five awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director. Host Conan O’Brien put some levity into proceedings, mocking Adam Sandler for turning up to the show in a hoodie.

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