Matthew Lawrence wants to use AI to do “something really special” with the late Robin Williams.
Matthew Lawrence wants to use Robin Williams’ voice in AI
The 45-year-old star played one of the comedy legend’s children in Mrs Doubtfire and he is keen to get the consent of the late actor’s family to work on a project using the voice of Robin, who took his own life in 2014.
Matthew told Entertainment Weekly: “Obviously, with the respect and with the okay from his family, I would love to do something really special with his voice, because I know for a generation, that voice is just so iconic.
“It’s not just the fact that I knew him and worked with him.
“It’s in my head, it’s in everybody’s head, and it would be so cool.”
Matthew got the idea of using AI to recreate Robin’s voice after he saw an old commercial starring the Good Will Hunting star which made him realise there were parallels to the modern day.
He explained: “It’s kinda like this very contemporary, modern, almost sort of foreshadowing of what’s going on commercial that he did, where he did this computerised voiceover.
“And it always stuck with me. And then, during his passing, with the AI coming out, I’m like, ‘Man, he’s gotta be the voice of AI. He’s gotta be the voice in something.’ So yeah, I would love to do that.”
One thing Matthew would love to use AI to do with Robin’s voice is to give out driving directions on a phone.
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