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

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

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

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Video has 5.5 million views

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

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

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