Is This Woke? Director Casts Robot As Lead Actor In Next Film

Amid seemingly perpetual leftist outrage over who is allowed to play what roles, a Hollywood filmmaker has made a casting move so novel that it’s hard to determine whether or not it would be considered “woke” by current progressive standards.

Director Tony Kaye (“American History X”) has decided to cast an Artificial Intelligent (A.I.) robot as the lead in his next film, “2nd Born.”

“Kaye is aiming to cast a real robot, who will be trained in different acting methods and techniques,” reports Deadline. “The idea, which originated from Kaye and producer Sam Khoze, is to forgo the use of computer-generated effects in favor of a physical A.I. robot as an actor, who they are hoping will get SAG recognition.”

The film will come as a sequel to the indie comedy “1st Born“ directed by Ali Atshani and starring Val Kilmer, Tom Berenger, Greg Grunberg, Jay Abdo, Taylor Cole, Reza Sixo Safai, William Baldwin, Denise Richards and Robert Knepper.

“The pic, which will be released by Lotus Entertainment this year, centers on a young married couple, Iranian born Ben (Safai) and American Kate, whose complicated first pregnancy forces their extended family, from differing backgrounds, to find common ground for the sake of the baby,” Deadline continued.

This bizarre move to cast a robot as the film’s lead comes as robots are increasingly replacing humans in several jobs, such as fast food restaurants, where cashiers have been replaced by electronic kiosks.