Lisa Kudrow Criticizes Tom Hanks Movie “Here” as 'Endorsement of A.I.': 'What Work Will There Be for Human Beings?'

Lisa Kudrow is sharing her thoughts on Tom Hanks' latest film Here, which she's calling an "endorsement for A.I."

The Friends alum appeared on a Dec. 9 episode of Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast, where she criticized the project from director Robert Zemeckis and the technology used to de-age Hanks and costar Robin Wright, who all previously worked together on Forrest Gump.

For the film, as previously reported, A.I. company Metaphysic's Metaphysic Live tool was tapped to de-age Here's stars without any need for VFX or further work, with the plot taking place over a number of decades. Zemeckis previously said in early 2023 that he had "always been attracted to technology that helps me to tell a story" and that the film "wouldn't work without our actors seamlessly transforming into younger versions of themselves."

"It's going through time," Kudrow, 61, said of the film, which released in November. "They shot it and they could actually shoot the scene and then look at the playback of them as younger and it's ready for them to see."

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"All I got from that was, this is an endorsement for A.I. and oh my God," she added. "It's not like it's going to ruin everything... What will there be left for, forget actors, but what about up-and-coming actors? They'll just be licensing and recycling."

Kudrow then asked: "What work will there be for human beings?"

"And then what, so there'll be some kind of living stipend for people? How can it possibly be enough," she asked.

Hanks previously spoke with PEOPLE in October about the “kooky” process of digital de-aging while at the movie's world premiere at AFI Fest in Los Angeles. “That was like the gimmicky kind of aspect of it, because you could do that with regular makeup if you want to do that," he said. "But because we have this other super fast-filter computer that happened right then and there, we don't have to wait for the post-production process to view [ourselves as young].”

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The Oscar winner has spoken out against artificial-intelligence versions of his likeness in the past — specifically those that had been used without his consent. After he warned his followers on Instagram about a promotional video for a dental plan using a computer-generated image of him in September 2023, he issued another "public service announcement" from his official Instagram account nearly a year later about another use of his likeness without permission.

In August, Hanks revealed that there were "multiple ads over the internet falsely using my name, likeness, and voice promoting miracle cures and wonder drugs."

"These ads have been created without my consent, fraudulently and through AI," Hanks said, without naming specific scams. "I have nothing to do with these posts or the products and treatments, or the spokespeople touting these cures."

During an appearance on The Adam Buxton Podcast in May, Hanks also said that the use of A.I. in creative industries had "always been lingering."

"I can tell you that there [are] discussions going on in all of the guilds, all of the agencies, and all of the legal firms in order to come up with the legal ramifications of my face and my voice — and everybody else's — being our intellectual property," Hanks said.

"What is a bona fide possibility right now, if I wanted to, [is] I could get together and pitch a series of seven movies that would star me in them in which I would be 32 years old from now until kingdom come. Anybody can now recreate themselves at any age they are, by way of A.I. or deep fake technology ... I could be hit by a bus tomorrow and that's it, but my performances can go on and on and on," Hanks added. "Outside of the understanding that it's been done by A.I. or deep fake, there'll be nothing to tell you that it's not me and me alone, and it's going to have some degree of lifelike quality."

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