Who are the actors who play the Stones in “In The Stars”
Another step towards the new album by The Rolling Stones, “Foreign Tongues”out next July 10th. The band has released the official video clip for “In The Stars”, the first real single from the album afterwards “Rough and Twisted”, opening track previously released on a limited edition white vinyl release under the name The Cockroaches. The video, directed by François Rousselet, already author of the clips for “Angry” and “Ride ‘Em On Down”, also sees the participation of the actress Odessa A’zion. The official notes explain how the video clip uses deepfake technology developed by Deep Voodoowith the Stones rejuvenated in appearance to the Seventies and immersed in a performance together with musicians, dancers and performers from different eras and contexts.
But behind the final effect of the video there is not only artificial intelligence. To make the band members’ movements, posture, body expressions and stage presence credible, the production also used real actors and performers on set, subsequently digitally transformed through face replacement. In fact, the names of the “doubles” chosen to play the Rolling Stones appear in the official credits of the video clip: Mick Double is Luca Arshad, Keith Double is Jonny Weber, Ronnie Double is Tyla Challenger. Below you will find the photos. They were the ones who physically interpreted the performances in the video, while deepfake and post-production work allowed the faces to be superimposed rejuvenated by the Stones to the real performances of the actors.
