Jodie Foster took aim at Brad Pitt’s box-office hit F1 this week, suggesting during an appearance at the Aspen Ideas Festival that the film felt as though it had been “made by AI.”
The 63-year-old Oscar winner, who recently turned heads at a star-filled Chanel event, made the remark Tuesday while speaking with former Sony executive Michael Lynton.
According to Variety, the conversation centered on the evolving Hollywood business model and the growing influence of artificial intelligence across the entertainment industry.
“I don’t say this disparagingly, how could I? This movie went on to make millions of dollars but look at a movie like F1 and I’m like, F1 was made by AI,” Foster said.
“Wasn’t it? I mean, the structure was exactly the structure that you would learn in school,” she added.
The Silence of the Lambs star went on to argue that the dialogue also felt formulaic, saying the actors delivered “lines exactly the way it would be written if a computer was writing exactly what would be the right thing for that time.”
Jodie Foster, 63, suggested Brad Pitt’s blockbuster F1 felt as though it was “made by AI” during a recent appearance at the Aspen Ideas Festival; pictured in June in New York City
“I don’t say this disparagingly, how could I? This movie went on to make millions of dollars but look at a movie like F1 and I’m like, F1 was made by AI,” Foster said
Foster continued, ‘And they were able to dominate the technology to make something big and beautiful and potentially where a lot of the information comes from other places.’
Daily Mail has reached out to reps for Foster and Pitt for comment, but has yet to hear back.
F1 was directed by Joseph Kosinski while the screenplay was penned by Ehren Kruger.
Brad Pitt took on a leading role in the sports drama alongside Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Javier Bardem and Tobias Menzies.
The premise is: ‘A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver,’ per an IMDB synopsis.
F1 was a box office success upon its release in theaters last year in June and raked in $634.1 million on a budget of $200-$300 million.
The project additionally garnered four Oscar nominations and won the Academy Award for Best Sound.
Director Kosinski, who has helmed other films such as Top Gun: Maverick, previously discussed bringing F1 to life with as many practical effects as possible.
The Silence Of The Lambs star added that the cast said ‘lines exactly the way it would be written if a computer was writing exactly what would be the right thing for that time’; seen in June in NYC
F1 was directed by Joseph Kosinski while the screenplay was penned by Ehren Kruger; Kosinski seen on set of F1 in 2023
Director Kosinski, who has helmed other films such as Top Gun: Maverick, previously discussed bringing F1 to life with as many practical effects as possible
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‘The audience can tell when something has been captured for real and when it’s been manufactured,’ he told Esquire last year, later adding that the crew ‘came up with a much smaller, lighter camera system.’
Kosinski also told the outlet, ‘Overall, I wanted it to feel like you’re really at the race. So we actually shot scenes at Grands Prix, and that meant the windows for shooting were very, very narrow.’
The filmmaker explained that sometimes the cast and crew only had ‘a few minutes to shoot a scene.’
‘The time constraint was a huge challenge, but at the same time it kind of infuses the scenes with energy and a realism that we couldn’t have gotten any other way.’
And during F1’s development stages, screenwriter Kruger had reached out to F1 racer Lewis Hamilton to look at the script.
The sports star also assisted when it came to casting and other character elements.
‘To make sure that it’s diverse, making sure that it’s really reflective of the outside world,’ the racer told GQ.
During her discussion at the festival this week, Foster further shared her personal thoughts on AI in the industry.
Kosinski also told the outlet, ‘Overall, I wanted it to feel like you’re really at the race. So we actually shot scenes at Grands Prix, and that meant the windows for shooting were very, very narrow’
And during F1’s development stages, screenwriter Kruger had reached out to F1 racer Lewis Hamilton to look at the script; Hamilton seen in June in Milan
‘AI is one more giant step forward into changing the industry,’ the Panic Room actress expressed.
Lynton then asked the star, ‘The big question is, is it going to replace actors and writers?’ which caused her to reply with, ‘We do replace people.’
Foster then offered an example when it came to replicating background actors instead of hiring more for a scene.
‘We’re getting rid of a lot of jobs and hopefully, things like unions will be able to come in and say, you can use my actor 20 times, but you’re going to pay him 20 times. And I think that’s fair.’
She added, ‘What we all would love is that filmmakers would be able to dominate AI, and never lose sight of that.’
Lynton then asked the star, ‘The big question is, is it going to replace actors and writers?’ which caused her to reply with, ‘We do replace people’; seen in 2025 in London
Foster recalled the use of AI for a scene in her recent film titled A Private Life.
The dream sequence that utilized AI worked for the mystery thriller, although the actress admitted the images ‘made no sense.’
The use of AI in Hollywood has been a heavily discussed topic in recent years, with some slamming the use of the technology.
However others have voiced support for AI, such as I, Robot director Alex Proyas who said last month in June that it can be used to fix the ‘broken’ production process.
