During an interview on “The Overlap” podcast, the Oscar winner said that he received backlash for trying to get a “half human, half AI” movie off the ground but he didn’t care because “AI is here to stay.” Stallone did not mention the project, but he’s spoken previously about a failed pitch to use AI so he could play a young Rambo on the big screen. I go, ‘That’s happening, guys. People are selling their images.
There’s going to be 20 Elvis avatars … This is happening.’” Stallone continued, “I would take that risk, even though you get blasted bombastically from the creative community. And their [complaints are] right! It’s just out of our control.
If you don’t go with it, you will be trampled by it.” A “John Rambo” origin story movie is currently in the works with “Street Fighter” and “To All the Boys I Loved Before” actor Noah Centineo taking over the title role. Stallone is not involved in the movie but did previously try to make a young Rambo movie with himself back in the role via AI and de-aging VFX. So it isn’t as big a stretch.” During his interview on “The Overlap,” Stallone acknowledged that AI will make it increasingly difficult for new actors to break into the industry, explaining to young performers: “You’ve just chosen the most difficult profession in the world.
And it’s going to get more difficult because of AI. I know my daughter [Scarlet Rose Stallone] is an actress. I said, ‘Please get into gaming.
Do something [else].’” Watch Stallone’s full interview on The Overlap in the video below.
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