In a deepfake video that took the Internet by storm this week, Avengers co-stars Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr. appeared to recreate a classic scene from Robert Zemeckis' 1985 hit film, Back to The Future.
YouTube user EZRyderX47, who uploaded the video on Valentine's Day, claims to have made it using DeepFaceLab software. The clip is a testament to the increasing accuracy of deepfake technology, the practice of mapping one person's face onto someone else with a combination of advanced video editing software and machine learning.
Reacting in an interview for his new Pixar film, Onward, Holland seemed amused by the viral deepfake but said he had no interest in being the star of a Back to The Future remake, going on to lightheartedly describe it as being the perfect movie. Robert Downey Jr. has yet to provide a reaction.