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Entertainment · Film · published 2026-09-05 · via The Hollywood Reporter

Gyllenhaal Rejects AI-Generated Marilyn Monroe in Favor of Johnson's Performance

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Maggie Gyllenhaal revealed that she was commissioned to use AI to recreate Marilyn Monroe for her short film 'Flesh Impact,' but ultimately discarded the AI version. She found that Dakota Johnson's live performance was far more moving and human than the digitally generated likeness. The AI experiment, she said, undermined the very reasons the project was conceived.

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