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Gal Gadot says Hollywood cannot afford to ignore artificial intelligence, even as she acknowledged concerns about how the technology could affect actors and filmmaking.
Gadot is an Israeli actor best known for her roles in DC films, including 2017’s Wonder Woman and 2020’s Wonder Woman 1984. She has also appeared in the Fast &amp; Furious franchise and Netflix’s Red Notice.&nbsp;
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“I am afraid of AI, but I am going to be afraid and look away? No,” Gadot said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQDZwG78Pec" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">released </a>Aug. 31.&nbsp;
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 “The train has left the station. You’re going to work with it or be out of the game completely.” 
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The Wonder Woman star was discussing Bitcoin (previously known under the title Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi), director Doug Liman’s upcoming <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/innovation/hollywood-is-all-set-to-chase-the-father-of-bitcoin-in-killing-satoshi" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$70 million thriller</a> starring Gadot alongside Casey Affleck, Pete Davidson and Isla Fisher.&nbsp;
The film centers on the hunt for <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/tag/satoshi-nakamoto" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Satoshi Nakamoto</a>, the pseudonymous creator of <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/tag/bitcoin" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin </a>whose identity remains unknown. Nakamoto published the Bitcoin white paper in 2008 before disappearing from public view several years later.
The project imagines Nakamoto as the target of forces spanning governments, Wall Street and Silicon Valley that want to prevent the truth from emerging. Director Doug Liman <a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/doug-liman-casey-affleck-pete-davidson-bitcoin-killing-satoshi-1236501408/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">described </a>it in September 2025 as a “David and Goliath” story about unlikely characters confronting powerful institutions over “what is money and who controls it.”&nbsp;
Producer Ryan Kavanaugh said the film is intended to go beyond Bitcoin’s origin story and examine what the <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/investing/cryptocurrency" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">cryptocurrency</a> represents, including its challenge to traditional financial power.&nbsp;
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The production used AI for sets and lighting, with actors filmed largely inside a bare studio environment.&nbsp;Gadot said her lawyers spent six months negotiating protections to prevent AI from altering her performance.
<h2 id="hollywood-remains-divided-over-ai">Hollywood remains divided over AI</h2>
Gadot’s comments enter a debate that has intensified since Hollywood’s 2023 labor strikes, when actors and writers pushed for protections against studios using AI to replicate performances or replace creative work.&nbsp;
Hollywood has since experimented with the technology in areas including visual effects, dubbing and production.
Scarlett Johansson became one of the most prominent voices raising concerns in May 2024 after OpenAI released a voice she said sounded “eerily similar” to hers after she had declined an offer to participate.&nbsp;
Johansson <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm559l5g529o" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said </a>she was “shocked, angered and in disbelief,” while OpenAI denied intentionally copying her voice.
Bryan Cranston also took a more cautious position after his likeness <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-sora-2-guardrails-sag-aftra-bryan-cranston-rcna238715" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">appeared </a>in unauthorized Sora 2 generations in October 2025, saying he was “deeply concerned” about performers losing control of their identities.
Some actors, however, have embraced controlled uses. Matthew McConaughey, an investor in AI voice company ElevenLabs, <a href="https://observer.com/2025/11/elevenlabs-sign-deal-matthew-mcconaughey-michael-caine/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">said </a>in November 2025 that the company’s technology offered “extraordinary storytelling capabilities and creative potential.” He has used it to produce a Spanish-language version of his newsletter in his own voice.
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