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Robert Pattinson finds deep fake videos of himself โterrifyingโ.
The โBatmanโ actor is unnerved by the fact even people close to him have been taken in by โweird dancing videos on TikTokโ that have used artificial intelligence to put his face onto someone elseโs body and he joked they are so convincing, he could end up without a job.
He told ES Magazine: โItโs terrifying. The amount of people who know me quite well and will still be like, โWhy are you doing these weird dancing videos on TikTok?โ
โItโs really bizarre. You just realise that weโre two years away from it being indistinguishable from reality โ and what on Earth am I going to do as a job then?โ
The 36-year-old star isnโt a big fan of dancing in public but thought he had โbroken [his] curseโ after strutting his stuff in his latest Dior Homme advert โ only to find he had a panic attack as soon as he attempted to bust a move at a party.
He said: โI thought Iโd broken my curse when I did that scene [it involves Pattinson performing an exuberant, freewheeling shimmy]. But then I went to a party a few weeks later โ thinking Iโm like Billy Elliot and as soon as I took one step on to the dance floor had one of the biggest panic attacks of my life.
โYou know when you think youโre that guy and then suddenly, youโre just brutally humbled. Yeah, it felt like my dad had just caught me joy riding a car.
โI went cold; I think I left the party after that.โ
Meanwhile, Robert admitted he is constantly worried about not getting hired again so feels like he has to constantly keep working.
He said: โThereโs just something in me which runs very, very deep and it makes the idea of taking a holiday seem like an impossibilityโฆ I find myself going, โNo, I have to keep working, I have to keep working all the time, this might be my last opportunity, Iโve got to save for a rainy day.โ
โItโs genetic. My dad was always bad at taking holidays. Heโd always love it but I remember even as a very young child, thereโd always be tears the night before โ heโd say, โJust go without me, just go without me.โ โ