The magazine Esquire asked Mackenyu, the actor of Zorro from the live-action adaptation of One Piece, for an interview. Since he had no time, the interviewers had to come up with something else and chose an unethical way.
How did the interview go? Since the actor’s schedule prevented an interview, the Esquire magazine asked its questions via email. The deadline is said to have been approaching, and no answers were forthcoming.
Therefore, the magazine claims to have fed an AI with previous interviews of the actor. They then asked this AI the questions that were actually meant for Mackenyu.
The magazine is transparent about this fact and even wonders whether the responses would be what they would expect from Mackenyu. However, one question or rather the response formulated by the AI went too far in the interview, prompting the magazine to delete it afterwards.
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What question is it about? On the TikTok account of geeksu_anime, the question that Esquire removed can still be seen. According to reports, the magazine asked how Mackenyu would handle pressure and expectations.
His AI variant responded that he has a heavy burden due to his legendary family. However, it is not his goal to surpass or at least reach the level of his father. He would rather make him proud.
This is especially disrespectful since Mackenyu’s father, Sonny Chiba, passed away in August 2021 due to complications caused by COVID-19 (read on Arama Japan). Mackenyu bid farewell at that time with emotional words.
Afterwards, the magazine removed the question about Mackenyu’s father, citing sensitivity as the reason.
How is the interview received? Reading the comments from users on X, it seems that Esquire should have simply not published the interview. Just because no answer was received from the actor, one should not resort to AI.
Furthermore, many on X want to know if the actor and the production team are aware that such an interview exists. They fear a lawsuit as intellectual property is reportedly used, according to users.
With the release of season 2 of One Piece, the actors are more in demand than ever and are delivering one interview after another. No wonder their schedule is very tight. One particularly interesting piece of information was revealed by the actor: Zorro beats exactly 100 opponents in a scene in the Netflix series of One Piece, having filmed for 6 hours with a broken finger
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