Jodie Foster described Apple's F1 as a movie that could have been made by AI during a public discussion at the Aspen Festival of Ideas. The Oscar winner spoke Tuesday with former Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton. Her comments focused on changes in Hollywood creativity and the role of new technology.
Foster made the remarks during a Tuesday panel titled “Who Owns the Future of Hollywood.” She said the Brad Pitt racing film followed a structure that a computer might produce.
“I don’t say this disparagingly — how could I? This movie went on to make millions of dollars,” Foster said with a laugh. “But I look at a movie like ‘F1’ and I’m like, ‘F1’ was made by AI. Wasn’t it?”
The film has earned $634 million worldwide and received four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. It won for Best Sound. Foster also discussed how AI tools are already replacing some jobs in crowd scenes and how unions might protect performers from repeated digital use.
She added that filmmakers should dominate the technology rather than let it replace human creativity. Foster cited an AI-assisted dream sequence in her recent film My Private Life as a positive example.
