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The Mandalorianbackground actor Nicole Kreuzer came forward with her experience of being pressured to get scanned digitally while on set.
The Mandalorianinitially followed the titular Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin on his mission to protect Grogu, a force-sensitive child of the same species as Jedi Master Yoda. The show was successful and enjoyed critical acclaim, withThe Mandalorianearning Emmy nominationsalongside shows likeWatchmenand many other honors.
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Recently, some negative news aboutThe Mandalorianproduction has been unveiled by Kreuzer, who was hired to do background work as an extra on the show around what would have been filming for the first season, a period characterized by theBaby Yoda obsession that led to a Chia Petof the character being made. Speaking toCapital and Main, Kreuzer recalls being approached to have her likeness digitally scanned without any prior discussion, being ushered into a trailer, and surrounded by multiple cameras for the scanning. “I wanted to refuse to do it. I felt uncomfortable,” Kreuzer noted of the experience.
Expanding on the pressure applied, Kreuzer also revealed that it was heavily implied that getting future work depended on playing ball with the scans. “That was what they were kind of dangling in front of us,” she said. “If I had said no to the scan and they sent me home that day, I would have never been called back. But they never called me back anyway.“The Mandalorian, which used AI technology to pull off ayoung Luke Skywalker cameothat even the show’s stars didn’t know about while filming, frequently needs background actors and extras to fill out its worlds and open settings, which makes the motivations behind the aggressive push for digital scans transparent.
Kreuzer, who was informed that theMandalorianproduction crew could make her leap over buildings and engage in fights via her digital copy, expressed her concerns about the technology used to create a digital replica of her, which she still has no clue about the intentions for. “The big worry,” said Kreuzer, is that “this is basically going to take away all jobs, because we’re all being virtually created.” Kreuzer wondered, “Could they make me be in a sexual situation with another scanned person? Could they make me protest for something that I would never believe in real life?”
Situations like Kreuzer’s onThe Mandalorianare what the strike, which evenaffects productions likeDimension 20andCritical Role, is pushing back against. However, how soon a resolution can be reached seems uncertain.
Source:Capital and Main
