Film director Wes Anderson has responded to the latest TikTok trend where users post AI-created videos in the distinctive style of the filmmaker. His unique aesthetic has proved wildly popular online, with many taking part in the 'Wes Anderson challenge' by sharing videos of their trips in his style, or using AI to transform series such as Succession into an Anderson-esque production.
Despite their popularity, The Grand Budapest Hotel director is not a fan of his style being used in posts, which are often then shared with him. Speaking to The Times, he revealed he has asked friends not to send them to him: "I'm very good at protecting myself from seeing all that stuff."
"If somebody sends me something like that I'll immediately erase it and say, 'please, sorry, do not send me things of people doing me.' Because I do not want to look at it, thinking, 'Is that what I do? Is that what I mean?'."
