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Updated · Variety · May 30
Emily Blunt Rejects AI for 4-Minute 'Disclosure Day' Scene as Film Nears June 12 Release
Updated
Updated · Variety · May 30

Emily Blunt Rejects AI for 4-Minute 'Disclosure Day' Scene as Film Nears June 12 Release

6 articles · Updated · Variety · May 30
  • Emily Blunt said she refused to use AI for a pivotal “Disclosure Day” sequence, instead recording her own clicks, hums, consonants and breathing for a non-human language scene.
  • The 4-minute one-shot shows her Kansas City TV meteorologist gradually disintegrating after an extraterrestrial force overtakes her during a live weather broadcast.
  • Strategically placed microphones captured the sounds on set, and Blunt said the film’s sound designer later shaped them into the final alien effect.
  • “Disclosure Day,” Spielberg’s 37th directed film, opens June 12 and extends his long run of sci-fi projects with writer David Koepp, a past collaborator on “Jurassic Park” and “War of the Worlds.”
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