Many fans were outraged by the use of the voice of Alain Dorval, voice actor for Sylvester Stallone who died last February, with the help of artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence at the service of cinema to the displeasure of fans. Died in February 2024 at the age of 77, Sylvester Stallone’s French voice actor, Alain Dorval, will “revive” thanks to the company specializing in artificial intelligence ElevenLabs.
The latter received the agreement of the family of the deceased, whose daughter is Aurore Bergé, to recreate her voice as part of the release of the French version of “Armor”, the last film by Sylvester Stallone, as the announced the American site Variety.
On social networks, many Internet users were surprised by the extracts, expressing their disappointment due to a glaring difference between Alain Dorval’s voice and that created through AI.
“Shame on Eleven Labs for putting Alain Dorval’s voice in total AI,” said Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, renowned voice actor in the world of video games, while other individuals described it as “awful” and “soulless.”
Aurore Bergé surprised by this use
For her part, Aurore Bergé indicated that her family had only given authorization for a test.
“I agreed to a trial. Only a test. An agreement strictly guaranteeing that my mother and I would undergo final validation before any use/publication. And that nothing could be done without our agreement. (…) I have never validated such a broadcast. And my father would never have validated it as it was,” she wrote on X.
