‘Have we done ourselves out of a job?’: concerns in film and TV industry over on-set body scanning

Lead and supporting actors, stunt performers and dancers have told the Guardian about being scanned on set. Photograph: Bill Bachman/Alamy

For performers on TV or movie sets, it is not unusual to receive a request to enter a booth filled with scores of cameras ready to capture their likeness from every possible angle. Yet with the cast and crew of productions already fretting over the coming role of AI in the industry, it is an increasingly troubling undertaking.

“It happens without warning,” says Olivia Williams, who adds she has been scanned more times than she cares to remember during a career that has spanned from The Sixth Sense to Dune: Prophecy.