Actress Q'orianka Kilcher Sues James Cameron and Disney Over Alleged Use of Her Likeness for Avatar's Neytiri
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Angie Martoccio
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· 2 sourcesIndigenous actress Q'orianka Kilcher has filed a lawsuit against James Cameron and Disney, alleging they used her facial features from a published photograph without permission to create the Avatar character Neytiri, Rolling Stone reported. The suit claims Cameron extracted and replicated Kilcher's likeness from a Los Angeles Times photo to serve as the basis for the character across all three Avatar films. While legal experts interviewed by IndieWire describe the suit as "frivolous," the case raises questions about the use of an individual's likeness in the context of emerging AI technologies.
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Indigenous actress Q'orianka Kilcher has filed a lawsuit against James Cameron and Disney, alleging they used her facial features from a published photograph without permission to create the Avatar character Neytiri, portrayed by Zoe Saldaña. The suit claims Cameron extracted and replicated Kilcher's likeness from a Los Angeles Times photo to serve as the basis for the character across all three Avatar films.
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· 2 pulledThe complaint alleges that Cameron extracted and replicated Kilcher's facial features from a published photograph in The Los Angeles Times, using it as the basis of the character Neytiri, played by Zoe Saldaña in all three Avatar films.
Indigenous actress and activist Q'orianka Kilcher, who portrayed Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's The New World when she was just 14, filed a lawsuit in California on Tuesday.
