Published 17:30 IST, February 22nd 2020

'Back to the Future' deepfake video of ‘Iron Man’ and ‘Spider-Man’ scares netizens

Downey and Holland from 'Back To The Future' are replaced using deepfake technology, the faces of the actors have been interchanged with somebody else.

Reported by: Zaini Majeed
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A morphed video clip of Robert Downey Jr and Tom Holland from movie Back to Future has left users scared. deepfake video was shared by a user named Garry McConnachie on Twitter that portrays an altered scene from fantasy film so near to original that it has freaked internet users out.

In clip, two characters Downey and Holland can be seen replaced using deep fake techlogy. internet is rendered shocked at how faces of actors have been interchanged. video looks auntic and changes are apparent only when viewed in a split-screen in comparison with original.

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Video has 5.5 million views

clip was originally shared by ‘Forucinema’ with a caption “Can you imagine Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr. starring ‘Back to Future’?” when translated to English langu. 53-second-long video has garnered over 5.5 million views and is being widely circulated.

Twitterati has swarmed on post leaving ir opinion and expressing shock in comment section. Some users could tell fake video apart from original, some felt that it was scary that someone manipulated details in video with such accuracy.

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17:30 IST, February 22nd 2020