Fanfiction takes an interesting turn as several Indian actors have been recreated as hugely popular Hollywood movie characters using the AI art generator program Midjourney V5. Indian design studio Lazy Eight has released a series of six images that might answer the question – what if popular Bollywood actors were cast in roles like Rambo and The Joker among others?
“As a fun, lighthearted lab experiment we wanted to test the power of the new Midjourney V5 by recasting Bollywood actors as iconic Hollywood characters,” they tweeted. The series stars actor Shah Rukh Khan as John Rambo, Ajay Devgn as the gladiator hero Maximus Decimus Meridius, Kunal Khemu as The Dark Knight’s Joker, Veer Das as Bilbo Baggins from The Hobbit film series, Raiders of the Lost Ark’s Indiana Jones and Akshay Kumar acted. Anupam Kher as Yoda in the Star Wars film series.
Lazy Eight is an Indian design studio that has focused on multiple brand-building projects for popular brands such as Sabyachi, Virgin Hyperloop and Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters. Midjourney V5 is a long-awaited AI art generator program that has grown in popularity with each version launch. The technology was developed by Midjourney, who describe themselves as “an independent research lab” that “focuses on design, human infrastructure and AI”. With the launch of this generator, the group called for further testing and sharing of their projects and experiences. This technology also boasts multiple upgrades to AI-art projects performed simultaneously.
